A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Promotion of Child Mental Health among the Mothers at Selected Area of, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Abstract

The aim of this study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding
promotion of child mental health among The mothers at selected area of, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The main
objective is to find out the maximum knowledge of mothers regarding promotion of child mental health.
The data were collected from 60 mothers by purposive sampling technique by using close ended knowledge
questionnaire. ‘t’ test and Chi square test has been done for descriptive and inferential statistics. The study
finding revels that the pre test scores is 12.43±2.98 which is 31% of the total mean score, where as in posttest
the total mean score is 36.95±0.8 which is 92% of the total mean score. From the finding of the present
study it is concluded that structured teaching programme on promotion of child mental health is effective for
improving the level of knowledge among mothers.