Knowledge Regarding IMNCI among Health Workers

Abstract

Background: Successful approaches and projects are critical to the venture of solid propensities and the
alleviation of hazard factors for ailment. The Integrated Management of Child Illness (IMCI) system
was presented in the principle focal point of the system was on improving clinical consideration given at
wellbeing offices to outpatient debilitated kids. IMCI expects to decrease demise, sickness and inability.
IMCI incorporates both preventive and remedial components that are actualized by families and networks
just as by wellbeing offices.
Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge of health workers regarding IMNCI, 2. To evaluate the effectiveness
of Structured teaching programme on IMNCI, 3. To discover a relationship between pre-test information
scores and chose segment factors.
Methodology: Evaluative research approach used for this study. Pre- experimental (One group Pretest –
posttest) design carried out for the Study. Collected information by self-structured questionnaire by purposive
sampling method.
Result: Assessed the knowledge regarding IMNCI among health workers and result were found as: pre-test
majority of the health workers 60% common knowledge, 26% poor knowledge and 14% good knowledge.
Whereas, in post-test 68% of usual knowledge, 24% had good information & 8% poor knowledge on the
subject of IMNCI among health workers.
Conclusion: Study revealed that effectiveness of structured teaching programme is effective to increase the
knowledge on IMNCI among health workers.