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A STUDY TO ASSESSTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF

STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON
SELECTED MINOR AILMENTS AND THEIR
HOME REMEDIES AMONG MOTHERS OF
UNDER FIVE YEAR CHILDREN IN
SELECTED RURAL AREA AT
DISTRICT YAMUNANAGAR
(HARYANA)



By
Ms. Kavaljeet kaur, Neha Nagpal, Parvita, Pooja Devi, Pooja Kumari
Dissertation submitted to the
Pt. B.D .Sharma University of Health sciences , Rohtak
I n Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Under the Guidance of
Mr.Mukesh Kumar Saini
Assistant Professor
Department of Child Health Nursing
SWAMI VIVEKANAND NURSING COLLEGE, JAGADHRI
2014
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Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences , Rohtak
DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE

We are Miss Kavaljeet kaur, Neha Nagpal, Parvita, Pooja Devi, Pooja Kumari hereby
declare that dissertation entitled A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVNESS OF
STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON SELECTED MINOR AILMENTS AND
THEIR HOME REMEDIES AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE YEAR CHILDREN
IN SELECTED RURAL AREA AT DISTRICT YAMUNANAGAR (HARYANA) ,is a
bonafide research work carried out by us under the guidance of Mr. Mukesh Kumar Saini,
Assistant Professor and HOD-Child Health Nursing.



Date: Signature of the candidates

Place: Jagadhari Miss Kavaljeet Kaur
Miss Neha Nagpal
Miss Parvita Devi
Miss Pooja Devi
Miss Pooja Kumari
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CERTIFICATE BY THE GUIDE

This is to certified that the dissertation entitled , A STUDY TO ASSESS THE
EFFECTI VENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHI NG PROGRAMME ON SELECTED
MI NOR AI LMENTS AND THEI R HOME REMEDI ES AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER
FI VE YEAR CHI LDREN I N SELECTED RURAL AREA AT DISTRICT YAMUNANAGAR
(HARYANA) is a bonafide research work done by Miss Kavaljeet Kaur ,Neha Nagpal,
Parvita, Pooja Devi,Pooja Kumari in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of
Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing.



Date: Signature of the Guide

Place: Jagadhri (Mrs. Mukesh Kumar Saini)
Assistant Professor
Department of Child Health Nursing








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ENDORSEMENT BY THE HOD/PRINCIPAL OF THE
INSTITUTION
This is to certified that the dissertation entitled A STUDY TO ASSESS THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON SELECTED
MINOR AILMENTS AND THEIR HOME REMEDIES AMONG MOTHERS OF
UNDER FIVE YEAR CHILDREN IN SELECTED RURAL AREA AT DISTRICT
YAMUNANAGAR (HARYANA), is a bonafide research work done by Miss. Kavaljeet
Kaur, Neha Nagpal, Parvita, Pooja Devi, Pooja Kumari under the guidance of Mr. Mukesh
Kumar Saini , Assistant Prof. and HOD of Child Health Nursing ,in partial fulfillment of the
requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing.


Signature & Seal of the HOD Signature & Seal of Principal
Mr. Mukesh Kumar saini Mrs. A. Michael Jeba Arasi

Date: Date:
Place: Jagadhri Place: Jagadhri







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COPYRIGHT
DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATES

We hereby declare that the Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health sciences, Rohtak shall have the
right to preserve , use and disseminate this Dissertation in print or electronic format for
Academic /Research purpose.




Date: Signature of the Candidates
Place: Jagadhri Miss Kavaljeet kaur
Miss Neha Nagpal
Miss Parvita
Miss Pooja Devi
Miss Pooja Kumari

Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences , Rohtak




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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
NOTHI NG I S I MPOSSI BLE WHEN YOU BELI EVE I N GOD
The acquisition and pleasure accompany in the successful completion of any task is
incomplete without mentioning the people who stood by my side with constant helping guidance
and encouraging us in this accomplishment.
We thank the Goddest of Shiva for blessing us with her special wisdom and
blessing throughout the study.
We express our humble thanks to the chairman to the Sh. Sanjay Kamboj swami vivekanand
college of nursing for her keen interest and cooperation during endeavour.
We would like to take splendid opportunity to express our sincere gratitude towards Mrs
A Michael Jeba Arasi, principal, Swami Vivekanand College of Nursing, jagadhri for her support,
valuable suggestion and guidance to carryout the study.
It is our pleasure to indebt my sincere gratefulness and genuine thanks to Mr
Mukesh Kumar Saini, Assistant professor of Child Health Nursing, Swami Vivekanand
College of Nursing, for guidance and support throughout the study.
We wish to express our profound and cordial thanks to all Experts who have
contributed their enlightening suggestions, constructive criticism and judgement in validating the
tool.
We pay our deep gratitude to the Chief Medical Officer of civil hospital Yamunanagar ,
and Medical officer of Primary Health Centre in community area at village Sabapur for
their needful help and co-operation, in this research project
We express our sincere thanks to Library mam Mrs Meenakshi. ,Swami
Vivekanand Nursing College, jagadhri for their kindly help and co-operation in searching the
needful materials for the study.
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We express our humble thanks to the Mr. Dishu sir, teacher of Information
Technology, Swami Vivekanand college of nursing, Jagadhri for his expert guidance and
assistance in this research.
Our worthwhile thanks to all the participants mothers of under five year children for
their kind co-operation without whom the study has not been possible.

We express our greatful and heartiest special love to our Mr. Mukesh Kumar Saini
for his pleasure smile that provided us motivation for our work and also thanks to our beloved,
and respected Grand Parents, Parents Brothers, Friends, and all Family
Members for their kind support, inspiration and unlimited encouragement throughout our
study.


Thanks to all Signature of the condidates
Date: Miss Kavaljeet Kaur
Place:Jagadhri Miss Neha Nagpal
Miss Parvita
Miss Pooja Devi
Miss Pooja Kumari



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ABSTRACT
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching progrmme on selected
minor ailments and their home remedies among mothers of under five year children in
selected rural area at district Yamunanagar (Haryana).

OBJECTIVES OF STUDY:
1.To assess the existing knowledge regarding selected Minor ailments and their remedies
among mothers of under five children in selected rural area at district Yamunanagar.
2.To compare the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on selected minor ailments
and their remedies among mothers of under five year children in selected rural area at district
Yamunanagar.
3. To find association between post test level of knowledge with their selected demographic
variables in mothers of under five year children in selected rural area at district Yamunanagar.
METHODOLOGY:
The methodology of research study is defined as the way the pertinent information is gathered in
order to answer the research question (or) analyse the research problem . It enables the researcher
to project of blue print of the research under taken. Research methodology involves a
systematic procedure by which the research starts from the initial identification of the problem to
its final conclusion.
A research overall plan for obtaining answers to the research question or for testing the research
hypothesis is referred to as the research design. The research design spells out the basic strategies
that researcher adopts to develop evidence that is accurate and interpretable.
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The research study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programe on
selected minor ailments and their home remedies among the mothers of under five children at
selected rural area.

RESULTS:
Overall assessment of the pretest knowledge of mothers regarding minor ailments and
their home remidies reveals that percentage (30%) of mothers were Inadequate regarding minor
ailments and home remidies ,(70%) of them were moderate regarding minor ailments and their
home remidies .
Overall assessment of the post test knowledge of mothers of under five year children
regarding minor ailments and their home remedies reveals that percentage (0%) of mothers were
Inadequate minor ailments and their home remedies ,(10%) of them were moderate regarding
minor ailments and their home remedies,( 90%) were adequate.
INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSION:
The study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme
of selected minor ailments and their home remedies among the mothers of under five year
children in selected rural area at district Yamunanagar.
The conclusion drawn on the basis of the finding of the study includes :
In the pre- test majority of mothers 30 % had inadequate
knowledge and 70% had moderately adequate knowledge.
None of the respondaents possessed adequate knowledge.
In the post test majority of mothers 90% were found with moderately adequate
knowledge,10% with adequate knowledge.



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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
no.
CONTENTS Page no.
I

INTRODUCTION


II
OBJECTIVES


III
REVIEW OF LITERATURE


IV
METHODOLOGY


V
RESULTS


VI
DISSCUSSION


VII
CONCLUSION


VIII
SUMMARY


IX
BIBLIOGRAPHY


X
ANNEXURES








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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE.
NO.
TITLE OF THE TABLE PAGE
NO.
1. Scoring the Level of Knowledge.
2. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to age of mother.

3. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to age of children.

4. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to their gender of children.

5. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to their total number of children.

6. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to their educational status of mother.

7. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to their occupation of mothers.

8. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to their family income per month.

9. The distribution of frequency and percentage
according to their previous source of
information.

10. Frequency and percentage of distribution of
pretest level of knowledge mothers of under
five year children.

11. Frequency and percentage of distribution of
posttest level of knowledge mothers of under
five year children.

12. Association between post test Level of
Knowledge and their Demographic Variables




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LIST OF FIGURES


Sr.
No.
Tables Page
No
1 Conceptual framework based on general system
model (Ludwig Von Bertalanffys (1968)

2 Schematic representation of research design
3 Bar diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their age of mothers.

4 Pyramid diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their age of children.

5 Pie diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their gender of children.

6 Cone diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their total number of children.

7 Cylinder diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their education of mother.

8 Pyramid diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their occupation of mother.

9 Cone diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their family income per month.

10 Cylindrical diagram showing distribution of subjects
according to their previous source of information.

11 Cylinderical diagram showing distribution of pretest
level of knowledge among mothers of under five
children.

12 Cone diagram showing distribution of posttest level
of knowledge among mothers of under five
children.

13 Association between post test level of knowledge and
their demographic variable.

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LIST OF ANNEXURES
ANNUXURE
NO.
ANNEXURES PAGE
NO
A Letter requesting Permission to conduct
research study

B Letter granting permission to conduct
research study

C Letter seeking experts opinion and
suggestions for the conduct validity of
the tool and structured teaching
programme

D List of content validators of tool
E Tool used for study (English)
F Tool used for study (Hindi)
G Correct responses and scoring key
H Structured teaching programme on
selected minor ailments and their
remedies among mothers of under five
year children (English)

I Certificate of validation
J Blue print of structured teaching
programme on selected minor ailments
and remedies among mothers of under
five year children

K A.V. Aids
L Master coding sheet





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LIST OF ABBREVATIONS USED IN THE STUDY

ABBREVATIONS
EXPANSIONS
STP Structured Teaching Programme
P.H.C. Primary Health Center

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CHAPTER-I
INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER-II
OBJECTIVES
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CHAPTER-III
REVIEW OF
LITERATURE
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CHAPTER-IV
METHODOLOGY
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CHAPTER-V
RESULTS
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CHAPTER-VI
DISCUSSION
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Chapter- VII
CONCLUSION
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CHAPTER-VIII
SUMMARY
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CHAPTER IX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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CHAPTER-X
ANNEXURES
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