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Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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  • Research Article   
  • J Community Med Health Educ 10: 691,
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000691

Effectiveness of Demonstration on Practices Regarding Hand Hygiene among Mothers of Under- Five Children in a Rural Area of Lucknow District

Aditi Mecarty1*, Rohitash Kumar1* and Jamal Masood2
1King George’s Medical University, K.G.M.U. College of Nursing, Chowk, Lucknow, India
2Department of Community Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, India
*Corresponding Author (s) : Aditi Mecarty, King George’s Medical University, K.G.M.U. College of Nursing, Chowk, Lucknow, India, Tel: 7905759110, Email: mecartyaditi19@gmail.com
Rohitash Kumar, India

Received Date: Jul 20, 2020 / Accepted Date: Aug 14, 2020 / Published Date: Aug 21, 2020

Abstract

Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing around 525000 children every year. It has been found that washing hand with soap may prevent many common and life-threatening infections. Interventions used to prevent diarrheal diseases, includes safe drinking-water, use of improved sanitation and washing hand with soap may reduce the disease risk. The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of demonstration regarding hand hygiene among mothers of under-five children. Quasi experimental one group pretest posttest design was used in rural area of Lucknow district with the samples of 100 mothers of under five children. Multi stage random sampling technique was used. The tools used were demographic questionnaire and checklist regarding hand hygiene. Result revealed, majority of the mothers 50% scored average and 50% scored poor in pre-test whereas in post-test 19% scored good 72% scored average and 9% scored poor. Mean post test score was significantly higher than the mean pre-test score at the “P value” less than 0.05. The calculated t value i.e. 16.58 was compared with the tabulated value i.e 1.98 with paired t test which revealed that the demonstration administered by the investigator was found effective to increase the practice level among the mothers of under five children regarding hand hygiene.

Keywords: Effectiveness; Demonstration; Practice; Hand hygiene

Citation: Mecarty A, Kumar R, Masood J (2020) Effectiveness of Demonstration on Practices Regarding Hand Hygiene among Mothers of Under- Five Children in a Rural Area of Lucknow District. J Community Med Health Educ 10: 691. Doi: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000691

Copyright: © 2020 Mecarty A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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