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Bintu Yadav
Manish Sakrawat
Malnutrition is a health problem resulting from food containing insufficient or excessive calories, carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, or minerals. The present stu dy aim s to assess the effectiveness of health education programs on knowledge regarding the prevention and control of malnutrition among mothers of under -five children resi ding in a selected rural area at Udaipur (Rajasthan). The study was evaluative. The study used a convenient sampling technique. A total of 65 mothers were selected from rural areas. The data collection was done by interview using a structured questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. The results revealed that the knowledge scores of the mothers of under -five years children regarding malnutrition were in t he pre -test majority of the m others 47 (72.31%) had average knowledge whereas, in the post -test 51(78.46%) of m others had good knowledge and 14(21.54%) had average knowledge. Health education program administration enhanced subjects' knowledge of prevention and control of malnutrition. There is no significant association with demographic variables. The gain in knowledge score was statistica lly significant at p>0.05 and calculated paired t -value = 44.54. The need for improving mothers' knowledge was widely recognized. In rural areas, there is a need to educate mothers about malnutrition among under - five-year-old children.
Keywords: Effectiveness; Health Education Programme ; Knowledge; Malnutrition; Under-five year’s children