A Study To Assess The Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge About The Prevention of Lead Poisoning Among The Mothers of Toddlers in Selected Rural Areas of Hassan in Karnataka (original) (raw)

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Introduction: Children age between the 1- 3years are more exposure to lead poisoning. In the domestic poisoning the lead poisoning is one of the silent killers in toddlers. When it is ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through skin, lead is highly toxic to human’s body. It persists in the soil, in the air, in drinking water, and in homes. Normal blood lead level in body is : Adults:Less than 20 micrograms/dL Children:Less than 10 micrograms/dL At high levels, lead poisoning causes coma, convulsions and death. At low level lead poisoning in toddlers causes reductions in IQ and attention span, reading and learning disabilities, hyperactivity, impaired growth, behavioural problems, and hearing loss. Worldwide, six sources for most lead exposure are: 1. Gasoline additives 2. Food can soldering 3. Lead-based paints 4. Ceramic glazes 5. Drinking water systems 6. Cosmetic and folk remedies. The research design selected for this study belongs to the pre experimental design with one group pre test and post test design. This research design includes the manipulation, no control and no randomization.Table 1 -Distribution of overall pre test and post test level of knowledge on prevention of lead poisoning among mothers of toddlers- Pre test Post test Percentage Of Effectiveness Paired t- Test value P-value Mean SD % Mean SD % Knowledge 5.91 2.57 19.66% 20.7 2.14 69% 49.30% 41.77 S*** P=0.0001 Table- 5 mean, SD and percentage comparing over all pre test and post test knowledge. N=60 * **-Significance P < 0.001 • Over all pre test knowledge mean 5.91 SD 2.57and mean percentage is 19.66% • Over all pre test knowledge mean 20.7SD 2.14and mean percentage is 69%. • Paired t test analysis used to test the pre tests and post tests score of knowledge. The‘t’ value is 41.77 (P < 0.001) shows that there is significant increase in the knowledge after STP. The percentage effectiveness is 49.3% • The chi-square value shows that there is no significance association between age of the mother, educational status of the mother, occupation, type of work, types of family, religion, Type of employment of the mother, age of the child,types of house and source of information about the lead poisoning and knowledge (P > 0.05)

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