A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge of Mothers’ of Under-Five Children Regarding Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Selected slum Areas of Gwalior. The objective of the study was to assess the existing level of knowledge of mothers’ of under -five children regarding acute respiratory tract infections, to implement the Structured Teaching Programme on acute respiratory tract infections. To analyse the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme regarding acute respiratory tract infections among mothers’ of under - five children. To find out the association between the selected socio-demographic variables with knowledge regarding acute respiratory tract infections among mothers’ of under –five children.. An experimental approach was used for the study of 50 mother’s of under five children regarding acute respiratory tract infection. The subjects are chosen by non-probability convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted at Urban slum areas Madhogang area of Gwalior, M.P. The structured interview schedule is used in the study, it consists of 2 sections, namely section A and B section ‘A’ consists of 6 questions seeking the demographic data of the subjects. Section ‘B’ consists of ‘28’ multiple choice items related to knowledge items with 4 options. The obtained data were analyzed and interpreted in terms of objectives of the study, descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis the level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. The study revealed that structured teaching program was effective to improve knowledge among participants regarding early acute respiratory tract infection of under five children. Hence hypothesis 1 was accepted. The chi-square calculation explains that there was a no significant association between pre test knowledge level and the sociodemographic variables as the chi-square value was less than the table value at 0.05 level of significance except educational status, occupational status and mother’s exposure to ARI. The study concluded that the structured teaching program was effective to improve knowledge among mothers of under five children regarding acute respiratory tract infection.
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