Abstract

The present study was Effectiveness of structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding first aid management and prevention for chocking in children among caregivers of under five children. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding first aid management and prevention for choking in children among caregivers of under five children at selected rural areas. Methodology: Research, Design-experimental descriptive design, sampling technique- Purposive sampling, Research Setting- selected Community areas Result: Here we can discuss about the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding first aid management and prevention for chocking in children among caregivers of under five children as per set the criteria for poor, average and good. With regard to scores, 0 (0%) care giver had poor knowledge, 11 (55%) care giver had average knowledge and 9 (45%) care giver had good knowledge in Pretest but after giving the Structure teaching Programme the score was 0 (0%) care giver had poor knowledge, 17 (85%) care giver had average knowledge and 03 (15%) care giver had good knowledge in Post-test.

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