Weaning infant inherits their future from us and their best equipment to meet the challenges ahead consists of healthy body, an inquiring mind and a stable personality. Every newborn has the right to the best possible condition for their growth and development. (WHO, 2007)
Aim
To assess the effectiveness of teaching program on weaning among nursing students.
The study made use of one group pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design. Convenience sampling technique was used to select 60 samples for the study. The tool used for the study was structured interview schedule and attitude five point liker scale before and after structured teaching programme. The data gathered were analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results
There is significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge score (‘t‘value = 41.3). The mean score of pre-test and post-test knowledge is 5.36 and 17. Statistical analysis showed that the increased knowledge in post-test was highly significant. It is strongly supported that the structured teaching programme on weaning food for infants in terms of knowledge among third year nursing students were effective.
The quality and quantity of nutrition influence the infant’s growth and development. The human milk alone, even in reasonable quantities, cannot provide all energy and protein required for maintaining an adequate velocity of growth and development. In infancy it is necessary to introduce more concentrated energy dense nutrition supplement. (Potter and Perry). In India, it is traditional practice 80% of homemade food is fed to the babies especially in rural areas over a prolonged period. 90% artificial baby food like, cereals are preferred by urban societies [1-5].
To assess the pre-test knowledge score regarding weaning food for infants among nursing students.
To assess the post-test knowledge score regarding weaning food for infant among nursing students
To compare the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores regarding weaning food for infants among nursing students [6-10].
H1: The mean post-test knowledge score is significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score on weaning food for infants among nursing students.
Evaluative approach was used to conduct the study. The one group pretest post-test pre experimental design was used. The study was conducted at selected nursing colleges of Tamil Nadu. Written permission was obtained before conducting the study. Oral consent was obtained from 60 participants. The data was collected by random sampling technique among third year nursing students. The interview was conducted for 30 minutes with structured interview schedule to assess the knowledge of the students on weaning food and. After pretest on the same day individual video teaching was given on weaning food for infants using laptop and compact disc for 45 minutes. Evaluation of the structured teaching programmes was done by conducting post-test with the same structured interview schedule on the seventh day.
N = 60
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| Adequate Moderately adequate Inadequate | -456 | -793 |
Table 1: Shows that in pre-test knowledge among 60 nursing students. 56(93%) had inadequate knowledge, 4(7%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge
Assess the post-test knowledge on weaning food for infants among nursing students.
Table 2: Frequency and percentage distribution of post-test knowledge on weaning food for infants among nursing students.
Assess the pre-test knowledge score on weaning food for infants among nursing students.
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| Adequate Moderately adequate Inadequate | 4812 - | 8020- |
Table 2 shows that in post-test knowledge score of nursing students. 48(80%) had adequate knowledge and 12(20%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge and regarding weaning food for infants.
Frequency and percentage distribution of pre-test and post-test knowledge scores on weaning food for infants among nursing students [11-15].
N = 60
| Level of knowledge | Pre test | Post test | ||
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| Adequate | - | - | 48 | 80 |
| Moderate | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| Inadequate | 56 | 93 | - | - |
Table 3 shows that in pre-test majority of 50(83%) of nursing students had inadequate knowledge, 4(7%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge, where as in post-test 48(80%) of them had adequate knowledge and 12(20%) of them had moderately adequate knowledge.
N = 60
| Sl. No. | Variables | Mean | SD | ‘t’ | Table Value |
| 1 | Pre test | 5.36 | 1.42 | 41.3 | 1.671(p < 0.05) |
| 2 | Post test | 17 | 1.87 |
df = 59
Comparison of Mean, SD and ‘t’ value of pre and post-test scores of nursing students knowledge on weaning food for infants.
Table 4 showed that mean score of pre-test and post-test of the nursing students regarding weaning food for infant were 5.36 (SD 1.42) and 17 (SD 1.87) respectively. The post-test mean scores were higher than pre-test mean scores. The ‘t’ value is 41.3 which was significant at 0.05 level [16-21].
Based on the finding of the study the following conclusion was drawn. The post-test knowledge on weaning food for infants among nursing students were significantly increased when compared with pre-test knowledge. This shows the effectiveness of the structured teaching program.
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