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Education for Home Care Management of Pediatric Tuberculosis, Promise for Decreased Hospitalization: Evidences from Urban Slum Area, MP

Sakshi Chaturvedi , Nagesh Kumar Sharma 1 , Chakrapani Chaturvedi 2 , Sakshi Chaturvedi 3 , Hitesh Kushwaha 4

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Community and Public Health Nursing 7(3):p 101-105, September-December 2022. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/cphn.2455.8621.7322.2

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How to cite this article: Nagesh Kumar Sharma, Chakrapani Chaturvedi, Sakshi Chaturvedi et. al/Education for Home care Management of Pediatric tuberculosis, promise for decreased Hospitalization: Evidences from urban slum area, MP/Community and Public Health Nursing. 2022;7(3):101–105.

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Introduction: Tuberculosis, which has been around for more than a century and may be prevented or treated with high quality medications, is nevertheless a major public health issue. Despite this, tuberculosis is still a major public health issue. The burden of adult tuberculosis is determined by the prevalence of pediatric tuberculosis in the population.

Methods: A study was done on children with TB. Planned Teaching of mothers was intervened how to care for children them at home. 50 samples were chosen with the help of purposive sampling. The structured knowledge interview questionnaire was used to get the information. It had 40 questions about how to manage care at home for people with TB. The pre-test was given to 50 mothers, and the planned teaching program was given to them seven days later. The post-test was given to the same group of mothers using the same tool. Most of the people who answered the survey (22) were between the ages of 21 and 30 and live in an urban slum area.

Result: The majority of the participants, 22 (44%), were between the ages of 21 and 30 and resided in an urban slum. The average post-test score was 34.6±2.3 out of 40, whereas the pretest score was 5.2±1.1.

Conclusion: A well thought out educational program can help urban slum mothers better care for their children TB infection.

 

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How to cite this article: Nagesh Kumar Sharma, Chakrapani Chaturvedi, Sakshi Chaturvedi et. al/Education for Home care Management of Pediatric tuberculosis, promise for decreased Hospitalization: Evidences from urban slum area, MP/Community and Public Health Nursing. 2022;7(3):101–105.

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Pediatrics; Tuberculosis; Public Health Issue; Adult Tuberculosis; National health problem.

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