1. Mrs. Saranya.L,
Asst. Prof Child Health Nursing,
GRT College Of Nursing,
Tirutani.
Child are living jewels dropped unstained from heaven.
Accident are defined by WHO “an unexpected and unwanted
incident resulting in physical and mental harm”.
According to WHO, an estimation of 6,85000 children under
age of five had died through unintentional accidents largely
from RTA, drowning , burns, falls and poison.. etc
2. Effectiveness Of Structured Teaching Programme On
Knowledge Regarding Prevention Of Pediatric
Emergencies And Its First Aid Management Among
Mothers Of Under-five Children.
S.Saranya, Assistant Professor, Kasturba Gandhi Nursing
College , Puducherry. (TNNMC JPN VOL X/ISSUE 2/JUL
DEC 2022)
To assess the knowledge on prevention of pediatric
emergencies and its first aid management among mothers of
under-five children.
To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching
programme on prevention of pediatric emergencies and its first
aid management Mothers Of Under-five Children.
To find out the association between the demographic variables
and knowledge regarding prevention of pediatric emergencies
and its first aid management among mothers of under-five
children.
H-1 :There is a significant difference between the pre test and
post test score among mothers of under five children on
knowledge regarding prevention of pediatric emergencies and
its first aid management.
H-2 : There is significant association between the knowledge
regarding prevention of pediatric emergencies and its first aid
management and the selected demographic variables.
3. APPROACH : Quantitative approach among 50 mothers
SAMPLING : Purposive sampling technique
DESIGN: Pre experimental one group pretest post test.
AREA: Pediatric medical ward and Burns ward , ICH Egmore
chennai.
SECTION -A
Demographic Variable
1. Age of child and mother
2. Gender of the child
3. Occupation
4. Income
5. Religion
6. Family type
7. Number of children
8. Source of information
SECTION B (consist 25 multiple choice question includes
kit for first aid management)
Prevention of risk of fall, drowning, poisoning, foreign body
aspiration, burns and scalds.
SECTION B (consist 25 multiple choice question includes
kit for first aid management)
Prevention of risk of fall, drowning, poisoning, foreign body
aspiration, burns and scalds.
Child with 4-5 years =22(44%)
Male child = 26(56%)
Under-five belong age
of above 28 years = 18(36%)
Mothers education =36(72%)
Unemployed mothers = 44(88%)
Nuclear family =32(64%)
Income more than
Rs30,000 = 31(62%)
More than 2 children =26(56%)
Pre test
Inadequate = 2(4%)
Moderately Adequate=41(82%)
Adequate=7(14%)
Post test
Score more than 75-100%
4. Knowledge Inadequate Modratly
Adequate
Adequate
F % F % F %
Pre-test 2 4 41 82 7 14
Post-test 0 0 0 0 50 100
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
pretest posttest
inadequate
moderatly
adequate
Knowledge Mean Standard
Deviation
Mean
Difference
Paired T Test
Value
Pre-test
Score
16.2 2.15
6.34 16.03
Post-test
Score
22.54 1.88
Therefore the structured teaching programme on prevention of
pediatric emergencies and its first aid management was
effective in enhancing knowledge among mothers of under-
five children.
Hence, hypothesis H1 was accepted
1. Age =( x =7.95, p value=0.02*)
2. Educational qualification=( x =6.76, p value=0.02*)
3. Occupation=( x =2.83, p value=0.05*)
4. No of children in the family= =( x =7.83, p value=0.02*)
5. Source of information= =( x =7.23, p value=0.02*)
Hence hypothesis H2 was accepted at 0.05 level of
significant
Quasi –Experimental Conducter by arti, km & kumari, rina&
koonwar.
One group pretest and post test for 48 mother
With instructed modules 22(45.83%) had good knowledge and
26(54.17%) average knowledge.
Paired t test showed there was a significant improvement
between pre and post test score p<0.05.
5. Nurse administrators can be create guideline.
An extended and intensive research.
Awareness programme .
Mothers who were pretested and they were not available in
post test due to discharge
Children are vulnerable to accidents and are at risk
everywhere in today high-tech society.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING ,(TNNMC /JPN /
VOL –X /ISSUE 2/JUL DEC 2022)TNC JPN,e-ISSN NO
:2456-6497.
