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@article{194595,
        author = {MR.VISHWAJEET NANDKISHOR KAMBLE and MRS. ANAGHA KHERKAR and MRS. BINCY KP},
        title = {EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF SIX F’S DISEASE TRANSMISSION AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED RURAL AREAS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {5346-5349},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=194595},
        abstract = {Children are more prone to infection and disease the fecal-oral transmission is the pathway for communicating diseases and infection in the under-five children. The most common 6 F’s (Food, Finger, Fluid, Flies, feces, and Fomites). A cross-sectional study was conducted by researcher on effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding 5 Fs of disease transmission among children of selected schools, Tirupati Andhra Pradesh, India between October 2018 to July 2019. This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of Video assisted Teaching programme on knowledge regarding 5 Fs of disease transmission among children of selected schools, Tirupati. Pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used. Convenient sampling method was applied to choose 60 school children of 11-16 yrs. age from Government g7 high schools of Tirupati. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data of pre and post-test by researcher. Video assisted teaching programme was implemented for 40 mints before taking post-test. the results of study were in pre- test, nearly more than half of the sample 35 (58.30%) were having Inadequate knowledge. Whereas in post-test, none of them were having Inadequate knowledge and Majority of the sample 48 (80%) were having adequate knowledge and only 12 (20%) of the sample were having moderate knowledge. In this study it was identified that there was significant association between the knowledge scores and socio demographic variables at p<0.01 to p<06.05 level. The present study revealed that present study revealed that Video assisted teaching programme had improved knowledge of school children regarding Fs of disease transmission. Based on the above finding’s researcher felt need of the educating mother of under-five children regarding prevention of Six F’s disease transmission through structured teaching programme so the mother will get adequate knowledge it will help to reduce the health problems of under-five children.},
        keywords = {structured teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention of six f’s disease transmission among mothers of under five children in selected rural areas.},
        month = {March},
        }