A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Weaning among Mothers of Infants in a Selected Area of Rewa City

Abstract

Background: Weaning is vital for the growth and development of infants and children. If a baby is to maintain the expected rate of growth and remain healthy and well nourished, supplementary feeding has to be resorted from the 6th month of age onward to meet nutritional requirements.

Aim: The present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of planned teaching program on the knowledge regarding weaning among mothers of infants.

Subjects and Methods: Total sample size consisted of 60 mothers and non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select mothers from an area in Rewa city, Madhya Pradesh. Data were collected using a self-structured questionnaire. The data were tabulated and using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: Of 60 mothers in pre-test, 27 (45%) had poor, 33 (55%) had average, and no one (0%) had good knowledge score. Post-test results revealed that no one (0%) had poor knowledge, 42 (70%) scored average knowledge, and 18 (30%) achieved good knowledge. The improvement in the knowledge was statistically significant (P = 0.0002).

Conclusion: The main outcome of the study was that most of the mothers of infant was having poor to average essential knowledge regarding weaning diets. The planned teaching program utilized in the study had been found to be an effective tool for significantly improving the mother`s knowledge.