Knowledge and Practice of Mothers of Under-Five Children on Worm Infestation in Rural Community in Dakshina Kannada District

Abstract

The descriptive correlational study was done to identify the knowledge and practice of mothers of under-five children regarding worm infestation with the view to develop a health education pamphlet in rural community in Dakshina Kannada district. The main objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and practice of mothers of under-five children regarding worm infestation and to find the correlation between the knowledge and practice scores of mothers of under-five children. A total of 200 mothers of under-five children were participated in the study. Results: the result showed that 38.0% of mothers of under-five children had fair knowledge and 34.5% of mothers had poor knowledge regarding worm infestation; 92.5% of mothers of under-five children had satisfactory practice. And also the study results showed that, there is a significant relationship (p<0.05) between the knowledge and practice scores. Thus, the findings of the study can be interpreted as that, even though, majority of the mothers of under-five children are having satisfactory practice to prevent worm infestation, but they are still lack of having adequate knowledge on worm infestation.