Awareness and Practice of Mother Having Under Five Children Regarding Prevention of Childhood Accident
Journal Title: International Journal of Health Sciences and Research - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
Injuries are the first leading but predictable, avoidable and preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among under five-year children worldwide. A descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to find out Awareness & Practice of Mothers having Under Five Children regarding Prevention of Childhood Accident. The cluster sampling technique was used to collect data. The data collection instrument was an Interview Schedule for Knowledge Assessment and Observational Check-list for assessing Practice. The study findings revealed that more than fifty percent of the respondents (53.4%) were in the age group of 25-29 years and majority (81.6%) of the respondent were housewives and more than one third (36.8%) respondents had completed primary level education. Out of total 174 more than fifty percent (53.8%) child had experienced fall injury. More than half of the respondents 68.4% had fair knowledge and more than one fourth (31.6%) of the respondent had good knowledge score regarding Prevention of Childhood Accident. Similarly more than half (59.2%) of the respondent had satisfactory practice. There was significant association between level of knowledge with educational status (p-value 0.003) and number of children (p- value<0.001). More than half (59.2%) of the respondent had satisfactory practice (50-75%) regarding the prevention of childhood accident. There was significant association between level of practice with education (p-value0.002) and number of children (p-value0.024). However study concluded that there was no statistical significant correlation between Awareness and Practice of mother regarding childhood accident. Hence there was need among mothers about educational programs related to prevention of childhood accident.
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Bimala Adhikari
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