A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME REGARDING UPDATED WEANING FOOD AMONG MOTHER WITH INFANTS IN THIRUBHUVANAI AT PUDUCHERRY

The present study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding updated weaning food among mother with infants residing in Thirubuvanai at Puducherry. The study was Pre experimental one group pre test and post test design. A total of 60 participants who met the inclusion criteria were selected from the Thirubuvanai area at Puducherry by using convenience sampling technique. Reveals that among the association of selected demographic variables with the knowledge regarding complementary feeding among mothers it shows that in pre test there is no significant difference between the level of knowledge with the demographic variables such as age, types of family, education, occupation, religion, monthly income, birth order, diet, nature of marriage and mode of feeding at the level of level p<0.05. and the overall *P<0.05 significant, ** -p<0.001& ***-P<0.001Highly significant

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