EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON MOTHERS’ KNOWLEDGE TOWARDS THE PREVENTION AND HOME-BASED MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHEAL DISEASE AMONG UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN RURAL COMMUNITY IN REWA, MADHYA PRADESH

Abstract

Under-five age group is one of the vulnerable age group for developing the infectious disease .  Globally, diarrhoea is the second most common cause of morbidity and mortality among them,  following acute respiratory infection, and is also an important cause of malnutrition (WHO- 2 005) .Diarrhoea continues to plague the developing world resulting in more than 3 million deaths annually (WHO) 2008. Diarrhoeal infections are the fifth leading  cause of death worldwide and continue to take a high toll on child health. The Government of India through its National CDD programme (Diarrhoeal Disease Control Programme) planned to reduce the infant mortality rate from 95 to 50 and pre-school mortality from 41.2 to 10 per 1000 by the year 2000 A.D.in India, National diarrhoea control program (CDD) was implemented from 1980 as a part of Sixth Five Year Plan (1980-85) with the primary thrust of improving the knowledge and practices of appropriate case management among caretakers and health care providers and primary objective of preventing deaths due to dehydration.