Abstract
Children between 1-3 years of age were the most vulnerable group. During the toddler period, their exploratory nature is aided by their newly acquired hand skills and mobility. Negligence and ignorance of parents and caretakers in making the environment of a child for poisoning. In small houses in a selected area with limited space, the households’ chemicals, disinfectants, and kerosene are most likely ingested by the children accidentally. The quasi-experimental research approach was used to accomplish the objectives. The non experimental descriptive research design was concerned with the overall framework of conducting the study. The sample of the study consists of a total of 300 mothers residing in the selected area. Non- probability convenience sampling technique was used. The result shows that the association of socio-demographics with knowledge scores shows that level of education, employment status, annual household income, how many children you have, how many adults live in your household, what type of housing you live in, who is the primary caregiver of your children, how many hours do you spend with your children, were found significant at p<0.05.
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