Abstract

Introduction: Complementary feeding is a crucial aspect of newborn and young child nutrition that profoundly influences child health, growth, and development. Aim of the study: To assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding complementary feeding among mothers of children aged 6 month to 2 years in selected community. Research design: Pre experimental with one group pre-test post-test designs was adopted. Methodology: Non probability Purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 mothers of children aged 6 month to 2 years. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the level of knowledge regarding complementary Feeding. After the pretest, the samples were administered structured teaching programme for a period of 20-25 minutes. After 7 days the post-test was conducted by using same structure questionnaire. The data was analyzed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: In experimental group the mean pre-test score was 11.3 with standard deviation 3.44 and the mean post-test score was 23.7 with the standard deviation 2.2 The mean difference was 12.43. The obtained ‘t’ value 19.3 was highly significant at p < 0.05 level. There is a significant difference between the level of knowledge among mothers. Also there is a significant association was found between posttest level of knowledge with demographic variables like occupation of mothers of children’s. Conclusion: The study clearly indicate that the STP is effective method in improving in knowledge regarding complementary feeding among mothers children aged 6 month to 2 years.

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