A study to assess effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding water born diseases among mothers of under five children in selected area of selected city

Background: Water borne diseases are the most emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases causing morbidity and mortality among underfiveage 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. Materials and methods: The design adopted for the present study is In present study, a Quasi experimental research design is adopted. Total number of among mothers of under five children 100 sample size respectively. In this study Non-probability purposive sampling technique. Results: The chi value of age was χ=22.431 with 4 degree of freedom, source of drinking water was χ=16.685 with 4 degree of freedom and toilet facility was χ=10.907 Conclusion: The present study shows that most of the mothers were not having adequate knowledge on prevention of selected water borne diseases. The knowledge were strong positively correlated. There is a need to educate the mothers about water borne diseases and its prevention. This Study assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding water born diseases among mothers of under five children according to findings there was a increased level of knowledge after planned teaching programme