Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Child Abuse Among Mothers of Children Who Were Admitted in Paediatric Wards at SKIMS, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

Background: Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act orfailure to act by a parent or a caregiver that results in actual or potential harm to a child and can occur in a child›s home, or in the organizations, schools, or communities, the child interacts with. Child abuse in the Kashmir is a pervasive problem.
Physical, verbal, sexual, and emotional abuse are all common. Structured teaching programme is most feasible intervention to decrease the morbidity and mortality.
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness structured teaching programme on knowledge among mothers regarding child abuse at SKIMS, Srinagar
Objectives:
1. To assess the pre-test knowledge score of mothers of children admitted in Paediatric wards regarding child abuse
2. To assess the post-test knowledge score of mothers of children admitted in Paediatric wards regarding child abuse after implementation of structured teaching programme
3. To compare pre-test and post-test knowledge score of mothers of
children admitted in Paediatric wards regarding child abuse after implementation of structured teaching programme .
4. To find out the association of pre-test knowledge score among mothers of children admitted in Paediatric wards with their selected Methodology: A quantitative, one group pre-test post-test design was used to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge among 60 mothers of children regarding child abuse admitted in Paediatric wards SKIMS Srinagar. The study subjects were selected by using purposive sampling technique. A self-structured interview schedule was used to assess the pre-test and post-test
knowledge of study subjects. After establishing validity and reliability (r=0.98) of the tool, pre-test was carried out on day 1st and on the same day, structured teaching programme was given. Post-test was carried out on 4th day.
Results: Highest number of study subjects (58.33%) belonged to age group of 25-30 years, maximum number of study subject were illiterates (31.77%) and house wives (56.77%), Equal number of study subjects belonged to rural areas and were from nuclear families (55%) whereas 45% of study subjects belonged to urban area and were from joint families. On pre-test knowledge score, majority of the study subjects (86.7%) had inadequate knowledge,
13.3% had average knowledge and none of the study subjects had adequate knowledge regarding child abuse whereas on post-test, all the study subjects (100%) had
adequate knowledge. The mean post- test knowledge scores of the study subjects regarding child abuse was significantly higher (53.76±2.45) than that of the mean pre-test knowledge scores (23.01±4.47) and t-test (56.10) was significant at 0.05 level of significance which indicates that there was significant difference between pre-test and post-test mean knowledge score. There was statistical significant association of the pre-test knowledge scores of study subjects with their demographic variables like educational status, type of family and occupation (p <0.05).
Conclusion: The study concluded that the knowledge level of mothers of children regarding child abuse improved after the administration of structured teaching programme.

How to cite this article:
Javid G, Kachroo M, Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Child Abuse Among Mothers of Children Who Were Admitted in Paediatric Wards at SKIMS, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Ind J Holist Nurs. 2023;14(4):20-27.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2348.2133.202316