2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part C

Methodology: A comparative descriptive design was used. A non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to select 150 mothers residing in urban and rural area, Tumkur. Data collection tool was developed, which include self-administered questionnaire.

Results: In this study the association between knowledge score of urban mothers and demographic variables such as age of mother(x²=10.45), educational status of mother(x²=10.2), educational status of husband(x²=11.8), and number of children(x²=11).

Conclusion: The study on knowledge of HFMD among rural and urban mothers of under five children revealed that the urban mothers had adequate knowledge on HFMD than the rural mothers.