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Shanthi, S.
- Comparative Study Between Private and Government School Teachers in Relation to Awareness Regarding Learning Disability in Children in Selected Schools of Mangalore
Authors
1 Department of Pediatric Nursing, Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing, Mangalore, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing, Mangalore, Karnataka, IN
Source
International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management, Vol 4, No 3 (2016), Pagination: 219-222Abstract
Background: "learning disabilities" is a term associated with difficulties in reading, writing, doing maths and motor co-ordination. Awareness about learning disabilities is required for early identification and further remediation. Teachers are the first ones, usually to suspect a learning disability in a child. For appropriate observation and referrals for further assessment, a teacher should be aware of the various characteristics of learning disabilities which differ from individual to individual.
Aim: awareness regarding learning disabilities among private and government school teachers. Methods: comparative study design was adopted for the study. A sample of 25 government school teachers and 30 private school teachers was selected by purposive non probability sampling technique from 6 selected schools of Mangalore. A demographic data and structured awareness questionnaire was used for data collection.
Results: the result showed that 93.3% of private school teachers and 92% of government school teachers had average awareness. The findings also showed that there is no significant difference between level of awareness regarding learning disability between private and government school teachers. t(53) = 2.005 at P < 0.05 level of significance. The study also revealed that there is no significant association between level of awareness regarding learning disability with selected demographic variables like age, teaching experience, and educational qualification (χ2 = 1.044,0.237, 0.959, and χ2 = 2.755, 1.004, 6.284 at P < 0.005 level of significance for private and government school teachers respectively.
Keywords
Learning Disabilities, Awareness, Government School Teachers, Private School Teachers, and Children.
- Effectiveness of Visual Package on Knowledge Regarding Vitamin ‘A’ Deficiency and its Prevention among Mothers of under Five Children in a Selected Community at Mangalore.
Authors
1 Department of Pediatric Nursing, Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing, Mangalore, Karnataka, IN
Source
International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management, Vol 5, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 237-240Abstract
vitamin A deficiency is one of the nutritional problems in India. Children below 5 years are more vulnerable to this deficiency. Mothers are the primary care giver and have to be equipped with knowledge of vitamin A deficiency. Aim: Effectiveness of visual package on knowledge regarding vitamin ‘A’ deficiency and its prevention among mothers of under five children. Methods: pre-experimental one group pretest posttest design was used for the study. The study was conducted in Moodshedde area in Mangalore. The sample consisted of 30 mothers of under five children were selected by using purposive sampling techniques. The instruments used were demographic proforma and structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: the data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed that in pretest 73.3% of mothers had average knowledge while 3.3% had inadequate knowledge; where as in the post-test 70% of the mothers had adequate knowledge. The present study showed that there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge score t(29) – 5.14 at p<0.05 and also found that there is no significant association of knowledge score with demographical variable as age of the mother, religion, educational status, source of information , number of children ( X2=0.45, 1.28,2.48,2.064,1.47 at p <0.05).Keywords
Vitamin ‘A’ Deficiency, Prevention, Visual Package, Knowledge, Mothers of Under Five Children.References
- WHO. Global prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency in population 1995 -2005. (available from URL:http://www.WHOorg.
- www.WHO/vitamin-A-deficiency/VAD.micronutrient definitions.
- Khaliz R, Rahman M, knowledge, attitude and practices among mothers of under five children regarding VAD.
- vitamin A deficiency related disorder (VAD). (online). Available from:URL:WWW.Golden-rice.org/content/3why/why/VAD.php.
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