Existing knowledge of the underprivileged women for various health and nutritional practices (original) (raw)
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A study was undertaken in Masinadih village of Samastipur district, Bihar, to know the existing knowledge of the Underprivileged women for various health and nutritional practices. For this the developed knowledge test was subjected to the 50 respondents. For this purpose, primary data have been collected. The findings of the present investigation indicate that most of the respondents 58% were in the category of medium knowledge with mean percent score of 66.95 while 40% percent respondents were in the category of low knowledge with mean percent scores of 45.96 and 8% percent respondents were in the category of high knowledge with mean per cent scores of 100.
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IP innovative publication pvt. ltd, 2019
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International Journal of Home Science, 2021
There is no doubt that communication aid plays a vital role in human life and human society. It helps an individual to communicate more effectively with the people around them. It not only helps to facilitate the process of sharing of information with others but also helps people to enhance their knowledge. Therefore, the importance of communication cannot be underestimated. This study was performed at the village of Masinadih in Samastipur district of Bihar state. The word "Underprivileged" refers to a "group of persons deprived of a number of fundamental rights". They are categorized under the Dalit and Mahadalit groups from the economic status and caste perspective. As per the need of the study, it was imperative to develop various communication aids on the selected messages related to health and nutritional practices.