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Shikha Choudhary ¹, Sushma Kaushik ¹, Ella Rani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), IN

Abstract

Nutrition education of the school child is of paramount importance as the healthy children are supreme wealth of the nation because the foundation for life time, health, strength and intellectual vitality is laid during this period.Maintaining a balanced diet and regular exercise is important for all individuals, especially school-aged children (6-12 years). These children are required to eat a variety of foods from each food group to ensure optimal intake of all vitamins, proteins and minerals. At the same time, they may face new challenges regarding food choices and habits. So, decisions about what to eat are partly determined by what is provided in school, at home, the influences from friends at school, and the media, especially television. For taking these points in mind, different crucial message were identified for nutrition education for school children. Hence, study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana State. The results showed that from the list of fourteen main messages and thirty seven sub-messages three main messages viz., balance diet, protective foods and food hygiene were identified with its thirteen sub-messages viz., 'importance of balanced diet', 'functions of balanced diet', 'food group' and 'nutritional requirement of school children'.

Keywords

Nutrition Education, School Children, Food Consumption.

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Anusha Punia ¹, Sushma Kaushik ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, I.C College of Home Science, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Agriculture is the principal source of food and livelihood in India. "Livelihood" connotes the means, activities, entitlements and assets by which people make a living, attempt to meet their various consumption and economic necessities, cope with uncertainties and respond to new opportunities The study was conducted in two districts of Rohtak division namely Sonipat and Karnal by random selection and by selecting one block from each selected district and two villages from each of the selected block at random. From the selected four villages a sample of 300 respondents i.e. 75 small and marginal farm families from each village was drawn at random to assess status of shelter/water and sanitation and health security of farm families. Regarding shelter/water and sanitation security, majority (64.0%) of farm families had shelter for livestock outside home and 84.0 per cent used dung as a cooking fuel. About health security, majority (58.0%) of families faced illness once or twice in a week and 56.3 per cent families could afford professional treatment with some difficulty.

Keywords

Agriculture, Livelihood Security, Farm Families.

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Preeti ¹, Sushma Kaushik ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management I.C. College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, IN

Abstract

In most preferred media devices, mobile phone was the first preference of all age categories except above 60 who preferred TV at first place. For news purpose TV remams the most preferred source for almost all age groups except above 60 age group who preferred newspaper the most. While, regarding source of entertainment internet remams the most preferred source in 16-30 and >30-45 age groups whereas among >45-60 and above 60 age group, TV remained as the most preferred device for the entertainment. As regards, source of information internet was the most preferred in 16-30 and >30-45 age groups whereas in >45-60 and above 60 age group, printed media remams as the most preferred device for the information. Newspaper was perceived as most reliable media in all four age categories. While, As regards advertisement, TV got highest score among all 16-30 years (2.47 WMS) and >30-45 years (2.22 WMS) >45-60 years (2.3WMS) and above 60 (2.17WMS) age categories. In total most of the respondents used their TV, radio for 1-2 hours and newspaper, magazines for 0-lhours while as regards mobile, computer/laptop/tablets and internet or social mediamost of the respondents used from 2-3 hours in a day.

Keywords

Media Technologies, Age Categories, Utilization, Reliability, Time Spent.

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Pinki ¹, Priyanka ¹, Sushma Kaushik ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), IN
2 Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, College of Home Science, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), IN

Abstract

Academic stress is a mental distress with respect to some anticipated frustration associated with academic failure or even awareness of the possibility of such failure. Selfesteem is that subjective judgment by which people make their potential to face life’s challenges to recognize, understand and also solve the problems, and their right to achieving happiness, and be given respect. The study was undertaken in rural and urban area of Haryana state. Hisar district and village Kharkara was taken in order to meet the sample requirement i.e. 50 adolescents from rural area and 50 from urban area thus making a total sample of 100 adolescents ranging in 16-18 years of age group. The scale used for the study was academic stress scale by Rao (2012) used to assess academic stress and self-esteem inventory by Prasad and Thakur (1977). The finding elucidates that maximum number of respondents have moderate level of academic stress and found significant difference in both rural and urban area.Data regards to self-esteem found that maximum respondents have positive level of self-esteem followed by balanced level and self-esteem was significantly and negatively correlated with academic stress.

Keywords

Academic stress, Self-esteem

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