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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Assess the Level of Knowledge and Practice among mothers of Pre-school Children about Worm Infestataion and Effectiveness of Innovative Health Counseling

Ms. P Gnamani, Dr. S Kamalam, Mr. Z Ramaprabhu

Keywords : Innovative health counselling, Worm-infestation

Citation Information : Gnamani MP, Kamalam DS, Ramaprabhu MZ. Assess the Level of Knowledge and Practice among mothers of Pre-school Children about Worm Infestataion and Effectiveness of Innovative Health Counseling. 2018; 11 (1):19-20.

DOI: 10.5005/pjn-11-1-19

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-12-2014

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2018; The Author(s).


Abstract

Objectives- To evaluate the effectiveness of innovative health counselling among mothers of pre-school children about worm infestation. Method- A quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. Result- The mothers of pre-school children have gained adequate knowledge on worm infestation where the post-test Mean was (2.72) SD (0.451) when compared to pre-test which had a mean of (1.44) SD (0.641). which was statically significant at P<0.000 Conclusion- It describes that the mothers of pre-school children have gained adequate knowledge on worm infestation which proved that the innovative health counselling programme was highly effective among the mothers of pre-school children.


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