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T. N. Divya
M. Nandini
Fever in the first five years of life is the common clinical indicators of a child’s illness. Improperly managed fever leads to many complications which reveal the importance of mothers in home management of fever since they are the primary caregivers of a child. Mother to mother approach offers one of the most cost effective strategies to approach communities and families. Hence, the study was undertaken to assess the effect of mother to mother approach on knowledge regarding home management of fever among mothers of under five children in a selected commun ity, Thrissur. The other objectives of the study were to assess the pre test knowledge among mothers of children under five and to find out the association between the level of knowledge and selected demographic variables of mothers regarding home manageme nt of fever. The design of the study was quasi experimental one group pretest posttest design conducted over 30 mothers of under five children. Samples are selected by using simple random sampling method and 6 change agents were selected on the basis of evaluation of the pre set criteria from 3 anganwadis’. Pretest was done using structured knowledge questionnaire. The investigator rendered health education on home management of fever to the change agents followed the same by the change agents to their respective groups. Posttest was done after 7 days and the analysis shows that there is a significant increase in knowledge score of mothers regarding home management off ever (t = 63.49, p = 0.000). Thus the study concludes that mother to mother approach was effective.
Keywords: Effect; Mother to Mother approach; Knowledge; Fever;Mothers of under five children; Change agent