EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING RAINBOW NUTRITION EDUCATION INTERVENTION AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED RURAL AREAS: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY.

DOI: https://doie.org/10.65985/jbse.2025918883

Ms. Gauri P. Padghan, Dr. Amrapali Gajbhiye, Ms. Rachana Yesankar, Ms. Bincy K.P

Keywords:

Rainbow nutrition education, structured teaching program, knowledge, mothers of under five children.

Abstract:

Introduction: Mothers are the guardian of the children’s future and children’s are future of society,” Foremost, health, safety and nutrition for the young child is written on behalf of young children everywhere. By using a rainbow as a guide, you can ensure that children benefit from a wide range of vitamins and minerals. No single fruit or vegetable provides all the nutrients that kids need. By breaking produce down into colour groups of red, orange, yellow, green and purples you can make eating fruits and vegetables fun and easy for kids! Even at a very young age, kids can easily grasp the concept of eating a rainbow. Methodology: A quasi-experimental one group pretest post-test design was used. A total of 70 mothers of under five children were selected through non probability purposive sampling technique from the selected rural areas. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire and self-administered questionnaire to assess knowledge regarding rainbow nutrition education intervention. The structured teaching program on rainbow nutrition education intervention was conducted followed by post-test after seven days. Results: Mean knowledge score in pre-test was 8.98± 2.54 and mean percentage of knowledge score in pre-test was 29.95%. After the structure teaching program, mean knowledge score in post-test was 19.50±3.74 and mean percentage of knowledge score in post-test was 65% and the mean difference was 10.51±3.59. The tabulated value was 1.98. The calculated ‘t’ value i.e. 24.47 which is much higher than the tabulated value. Conclusion: The study concluded that the posttest knowledge score was improved after implementation of structured teaching program. Structured teaching program plays important role in improving the knowledge of mothers of under-five children’s.

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