Abstract

Background: Children are the ones who are very vital for deciding how the world is gonna be after some years. As per data of WHO given on 2 march 2020 soil transmitted worm infestation is the most common infestation that affects the poor and underprivileged communities worldwide. The main species that infect the people are roundworm, whipworm and hookworm. More than 24% of world population or 1.5 billion people are infected with soil transmitted worm infestation all over the world. More than 267 million preschool children, more than 568 million school age children living in the places where the parasites can easily spread and immediate action and involvements are required to control them. Now the target of WHO is to achieve and maintain elimination of worm infestation morbidity in preschool and school age children.

Objectives: The objectives of the study have drawn to fulfill the research reflecting on the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on information and practice concerning deterrence of worm infestation amongst mothers having under five years children in designated villages of Jhajjar, Haryana’’ Material and Method: The study was conducted at Badli village of (Jhajjar) Haryana. 60 mothers of under five children were selected using non probability purposive sampling technique. Knowledge of the mothers were assessed through the structured questionnaire and after that structured teaching programme was delivered to samples and after 7 days post test was conducted to the assess gained knowledge of mothers regarding prevention of worm infestation among children.

Result: The mean value of pre-test knowledge score was 16.00 and post-test knowledge score was 21.53 having a significant difference with t- value for knowledge 9.613 significant at level of p