A Study to assess the Effectiveness of Information Booklet on Knowledge of Mothers regarding Use of Zinc Supplementation in Managing Diarrhoea among Under Five Children in a selected Rural Community in Bhopal

Abstract

Background: Zinc supplementation is suggested in all intense bowel issues in kids from non-industrial nations. We planned to survey whether zinc supplementation would be similarly compelling against every one of the normal life forms related to intense looseness of the bowels. Method:A semi-exploratory one gathering, pre-test post-test configuration was utilised for the examination. Purposive testing procedure was used to choose 40 mothers. The specialist evaluated the information with respect to the advantages of zinc utilising organised information survey. On the seventh day, a post-test was conducted. The gathered information was examined using graphic and inferential measurements.Result: The mean post-test information score (20.33) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (11.95). The mean contrast between post-test and pre-test knowledge score was profoundly huge. The obtained ‘t’ value (13.60) was higher than the table value. There was no significant relationship between knowledge score and chosen demographic variables like age, number of kids, occupation, family, income, religion with the exception of educational status of mothers.Interpretation and Conclusion: The post-test knowledge score being higher than the pre-test knowledge score leads to the conclusion that the information booklet is a very useful method of improving the information of the mothers regarding zinc supplementation in managing diarrhoea among under-five children.