INTRODUCTION:

“Today’s children are tomorrow’s citizen”. Children are considered to be the back bone of the nation. India has one of the largest populations of the school going children. The children belonging to different socio economic status constitute around 40% of its population majority of them share the socio economic deprivation of their parents, and do not have access to essential requirements of nutrition’s, health care and learning opportunities.

A diet which contains all the nutrients, which contains the various group of food stuff such as energy yielding food, body building food require by a child for the proper maintenance of the health and optimum growth is termed as “Balanced diet”. So that individual is assured of obtaining the requirement of all the nutrients. It is an important that a child’s diet should be both good in quality as well as adequate in quantity. If his diet is deficient in nutrient and energy, it can adversely affect his weight gain and body growth. Child malnutrition is the most widely spread disorder. It is not a simple matter of whether one has satisfied one’s appetite or not since a child who eats enough to satisfy immediate hunger can still be malnourished Malnutrition has been recognized as a consequence of poverty and is known to cause a great deal of both physical and emotional human suffering while it is viewed in the context of violation of child’s human rights.

Malnutrition develops when the body does not get the proper amount of energy (calories), protein, fats, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients required to keep the organs and tissues healthy functioning.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM:

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding well balanced diet among mothers of pre-schooler at Tarsadi village.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:

1. To assess the effectiveness of structure teaching programme regarding well-balanced diet among mothers of pre-schooler.

2. To assess the knowledge level of mothers of pre-schooler regarding well-balanced diet.

3. To find the association between pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variables.

HYPOTHESIS:

H1: The mean post-test knowledge on well balanced diet will be significantly higher than a mean pre-test knowledge among mother of pre-schooler children.

H2: There is significant association between pre test knowledge score regarding well balanced diet among mothers and the selected demographic variables.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

· Research approach – An evaluative research approach

· Research design- Pre experimental one group pretest – posttest design

Variables of the study:

· Independent variable: Structured Teaching Programme

· Dependent variable: knowledge regarding well balanced diet

· Research setting – Tarsadi village, Surat Gujarat

· Population –mothers of pre-schooler who are staying in Tarsadi village

· Sample size – 30

· Sampling technique – Non-probability purposive sampling technique

Tool for data collection:

Tool was divided into 3 parts:

Part –A Socio demographical variables – This part consisted of items for obtaining information about demographic variables such as age of mother, religion, occupation, education, income of family member, no. of working family member, no. of family member, no. of child in home, types of family, food pattern of family.

Part – B structure questionnaires on knowledge of well- balanced diet among mothers of pre-schooler

RESULTS:

Table1: Frequency and percentage distribution of socio-demographic variables

Sr. No	Variables	Frequency	Percentage
1	Age
	<20	0	0%
	21-35	30	100%
	36-40	0	0%
	>41	0	0%
2	Religion
	Hindu	16	53.33%
	Muslim	0	0%
	Christian	7	23.33%
	Other	7	23.33%
3	Occupation
	Labor	14	46.66%
	Housewife	9	30%
	Job	1	3.33%
	Self-employment	6	20%
4	Education
	Illiterate	3	10%
	Primary	16	53.33%
	Secondary	10	36.66%
	Graduation	0	0%
5	Family income
	<4000	17	56.66%
	4001-6000	6	20%
	6001-8000	4	13%
	>7001	3	10%
6	No. of working family member
	1	6	20%
	2	14	46.66%
	>3	10	33.33%
	None of the above	0	0%
7	No. of family member
	<3	3	10%
	4	16	53.33%
	5	6	20%
	>6	5	16.66%
8	No. of child in home
	1	11	36.66%
	2	18	60%
	3 >4	1 0	3.33% 0%
9	Family type
	Nuclear Joint Extended Single parent	8 10 12 0	23.33% 36.66% 40% 0%
10	Food pattern
	Vegetarian	24	80%
	Non vegetarian	4	13.33%
	Mixed	2	6.66%

Table 2: Frequency and percentage distribution of pre-test and post-test knowledge scores n = 30

		Pre-test		Post-test
Grading	Percentage Score	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Poor (0-8)	<40	12	40%	0	0%
Average (9-12)	40-60	17	56.66%	0	0%
Good (13-16)	60-80	1	3.33%	19	63.33%
Excellent (>16)	>80	0	0%	11	36.66%

Table 5: Chi-square showing the association between mean pre-test knowledge score and selected demographic variables

Demographic variables	Categories	Knowledge Score		DF	Chi square	P valu e	Table value	Inference
Demographic variables	Categories	Above median	Below median	DF	Chi square	P valu e	Table value	Inference
Age of mother	<20	0	0	3	2	0.05	7.82	N. S
	21-35	18	12
	36-40	0	0
	>41	0	0
Religion	Hindu	10	6	3	1.26	0.05	7.82	N. S
	Muslim	0	0
	Christian	5	2
	Others	3	4
Occupation	Labour	6	8	3	3.64	0.05	7.82	N. S
	House wife	7	2
	Job	1	0
	Self employment	4	2
Education	Illiterate	1	2	3	7	0.05	7.82	N. S
	Primary	7	9
	Secondary	10	1
	Graduate	0	0
Income	>4000	8	9	3	1.97	0.05	7.82	N. S
	4001-6000	4	2
	6001-8000	3	1
	<8001	3	0
No. working members	1	2	4	3	3.77	0.05+	7.82	N.S
	2	7	7
	<3	8	2
	None	0	0
No. family member	>3	1	2	3	6.86	0.05	7.82	N.S
	4	7	9
	5	5	1
	<6	5	0
No. child in family	1	7	4	3	1.02	0.05	7.82	N.S
	2	10	8
	3	1	0
	<4	0	0
Type of family	Nuclear	4	4	3	03	0.05	7.82	N.S
	Joint	6	4
	Extended	7	5
	Single parents	0	0
Type of food	Vegetarian	17	7	3	6.19	0.05	7.82	N.S
	Non-vegetarian	1	3
	Mixed	0	2

Data presented in Table 5 shows that the chi-square values computed between men pre- test knowledge score regarding well balance and selected demographic variables were not significant at 0.05 levels. Therefore the null hypothesis was rejected and research hypothesis was accepted. Hence it is inferred that there is no significant associated between pre-test knowledge score and demographic variables.

RECOMMENDATION:

On the basis of the study finding the following recommendation have been made:

The study can be prepared and given to the periphery level workers so that they can impart knowledge to the mothers of pre-schooler.

Education sessions on malnutrition and normal nutrition can be introduced for PHC workers so that they can assess the nutritional states of the pre-schooler.

Regular classes can be conducted for anganwadi workers to refresh their knowledge regarding well balanced diet and encourage them to impart knowledge to mothers of pre- schooler.

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Received on 23.05.2019 Modified on 25.06.2019

Asian J. Nursing Education and Research. 2019; 9(4):473-476.

DOI: 10.5958/2349-2996.2019.00099.5

Knowledge	Mean	Median	Standard Deviation
Pre-Test	9.03	9.5	2.06
Post-Test	16.1	16	1.16

Group	Mean Knowledge Score		Median Knowledge Score		‘t’ Value	Level of Significant
Mother	Pre- Test	Post- Test	Pre- Test	Post-Test	5.38	P<0.05 Significant
	9.O3	16.1	9.5	16
Difference	7.7		6.5