A Study to assess the effectiveness of Structured teaching program on knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers in selected areas at Kollam

A study was assess to find the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers in selected areas at kollam .The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding behavioral problems of children among mothers, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers and to find out the association between knowledge regarding behavioural problems of children among mothers and selected demographic variables like age of mothers, living area, number of children, education of mothers, age of marriage, monthly income, occupation of mothers and types of family. A quantitative research approach was used with one group pretest posttest only design. Convenience sampling was used. Sample size was 50. The investigator assessed the knowledge of mothers using structured questionnaire regarding behavioral problems of children. After conducting the pretest, the researcher provided structured teaching programme for a period of 40 minutes on the same day. After one week Posttest was conducted using the same research tool. It is found that the calculated t value (17.35) is greater than table value. There is significant difference between pretest and posttest knowledge scores of mothers. There is no association between pretest knowledge and selected demographic variables. The finding of the study suggests that structured teaching programme is effective in increasing the knowledge of mothers regarding behavioral problems of children.