Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: October | Volume: 7 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 535-540
A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Vitamin A Deficiency among Under Five Mothers in a Selected Area, West Saidapet
Sindhu Priya. R, Nirmala. M, Subalakshmi. P
Department of Community Health Nursing, Saveetha College of Nursing, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India..
Corresponding Author: Sindhu Priya. R
ABSTRACT
Vitamin A deficiency is a major nutritional problem among Under Five Children in developing and under developed countries. Public and Community Health Sectors launched a number of Vitamin-A Prophylaxis Programmes to prevent Vitamin-A deficiency diseases. Vitamin-A deficiency is a systemic disease with major effects on Eye. This deficiency is usually associated with Malnutrition, Chronic Diarrhea, Malabsorption Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis of Pancreas, Hepatic Insufficiency and Prematurity. So the present study is done to assess the knowledge of vitamin-A deficiency among under five Mothers at selected area, urban primary health centre (UPHC) West Saidapet. A quantitative research design was done in urban area of Saidapet. 30 under five Mothers were included in our study. Convenience sampling technique method was used in selecting the samples. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data on knowledge of vitamin-A deficiency among under five Mothers. The demographic variable Sex of the baby had shown statistically significant association with level of knowledge regarding vitamin-A deficiency among Mothers of Under five Children at p<0.05 level and the other demographic variables had not shown statistically significant association with level of knowledge regarding vitamin-A deficiency among Mothers of Under five Children.
Keywords: assess, knowledge, vitamin-A deficiency, under five Mothers.
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