2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

The progress of a nation can be ascertained by assessing the health condition of its children. Children are the primary recipients of health care services. Approximately 35% to 40% of the whole population in India consists of individuals who are below the age of 15.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventional program on knowledge regarding acute respiratory tract infections in children among mothers of under five children at selected rural areas of Kalaburagi.

Methodology: A evaluative approach with pre experimental one group pre test post test design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected hospital were selected using convenient sampling technique. The samples consisted 50 mothers of under five children. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire.

Data collection procedure: Data was collected from 01.03.2024 to 31.03.2024 after obtaining administrative permission from selected hospital, Kalaburagi.

Results: With regard to pre test level of knowledge it shows that, maximum 31(62%) respondents were having average knowledge, 14(28%) respondents were having poor knowledge and remaining 5(10%) of respondents were having good knowledge. During post-test each 23(46%) of respondents were having good and average knowledge and remaining 4(8%) of respondents were had poor knowledge. The statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was found statistically significant at 5% level (p<0.05) with a paired ‘t’ value of 17.37. There exists a statistical significance in the difference of knowledge score indicating the positive impact of interventional program. Hence, the research hypothesis H1 is supported.

Conclusion: The findings revealed that, Knowledge of mothers of under five regarding acute respiratory tract infections in children was moderate and favourable. Since a very few studies have been conducted regarding this topic in India, so the nurse researcher can take further studies on the same topic.