B Mahalakshmi, Solanki Pujaben Vaikunthbhai, N Sivasubramanian, Kj Shaijo
Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat -384315, India.
Bioinformation. 2023 Jan 31;19(1):32-34. doi: 10.6026/97320630019032. eCollection 2023.
Malnutrition caused by ineffective weaning techniques used during infancy and early childhood might affect cognitive and social development, school performance, and productivity in later life. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of education program in enhancing the awareness of mothers of under 5 children regarding weaning diet. The data was collected from 60 mothers of under 5 year's children. The existing awareness was assessed using a self-structured questionnaire. After pre intervention test, the mothers were provided with educational pamphlets and teaching programme with the help of pictures and charts. Benefits of complementary feeding, types of diet and its importance were included in the teaching program. The effectiveness of the teaching programme was assessed seven days after the start of the education programme. The mean score on the pre-test was 6.98, and the mean score on the post-test was 15.46. The average disparity was 8.48. The pre-test knowledge score's standard deviation was 3.85 and the post-test knowledge score's standard deviation was 4.23. The DF value was 59, the p value was 1.671, and the calculated "t" value is 24.98. At the 0.05 level of significance, the estimated "t" value (24.98) was higher than the table value (1.67) indicating that the education programme was successful in improving mothers' knowledge of weaning food.
婴儿期和幼儿期使用的无效断奶技术所导致的营养不良，可能会影响认知和社交发展、学业表现以及日后生活中的生产力。本研究的目的是评估教育项目在提高5岁以下儿童母亲对断奶饮食的认知方面的效果。数据收集自60位5岁以下儿童的母亲。使用自行编制的问卷评估她们现有的认知情况。在进行预干预测试后，借助图片和图表为母亲们提供了教育手册和教学方案。教学方案中包括了辅食喂养的益处、饮食种类及其重要性。在教育项目开始七天后评估教学方案的效果。预测试的平均分数为6.98，后测试的平均分数为15.46。平均差异为8.48。预测试知识分数的标准差为3.85，后测试知识分数的标准差为4.23。自由度值为59，p值为1.671，计算得出的“t”值为24.98。在0.05的显著性水平下，估计的“t”值（24.98）高于表格值（1.67），这表明教育项目成功提高了母亲们对断奶食物的认知。
