Abstract
Background: Water borne diseases are the most emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases causing morbidity and mortality among under five age group children throughout the world. Mothers knowledge about water borne diseases and it’s prevention depends upon various factors such as age of the mother, religion, educational background, occupation, number of children, family income per month, type of family, source of drinking water, type of excreta disposal, type of drainage system, source of information. The present study was undertaken to assess the knowledge and practices of mothers of under five children on prevention of selected water borne diseases.
Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted in a urban area of Israelpet, Guntur district among mothers of under five children in December 2016. A structured questionnaire & checklist was used for data collection among 150 mothers. Data was entered into MS excel sheet and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Among the mothers of under five children 72 (48%) had inadequate knowledge on water borne diseases and its prevention , followed by 56 (37.3%) had moderately adequate knowledge and only few 22 (14.7%) mothers of under five children had adequate knowledge and most of the mothers of under five children had 100 (66.7%) moderately adequate practices, followed by 30 (20%) had inadequate practices and only 20 (13.3%) mothers of under five children had adequate practices on prevention of selected water borne diseases. Both knowledge and practices of mothers had significant association with the age and educational background at p<0.05 levels.
Conclusion: The present study shows that most of the mothers were not having adequate knowledge on prevention of selected water borne diseases. The knowledge and practices scores were strong positively correlated. There is a need to educate the mothers about water borne diseases and its prevention.
Keywords: Assess, knowledge, practices, prevention water borne diseases i.e., Cholera, Typhoid and Acute gastroenteritis mothers of under five children.
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Corresponding Author
S Gomathi
Associate Professor, NRI College of Nursing,
Chinakakani, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i11.184
