A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEGE OF FIRST AID FOR CHOKING AMONG THE MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED AREAS OF KAMRUP RURAL, ASSAM
Authors: Ahmed Nazma , Kakoti Jayashree 
Published: January 2024

Background Of The Study: First aid for choking is a life- threatening event in children that requires early diagnosis and
prompt successful management. As it said 'prevention is better than cure', prevention is the most critical or key in
reducing morbidity due to foreign body aspiration. Therefore more effort on caregivers education is essential. Hence it is important that the
mother who is the strength of life , the rock of her family, they gentle heartbeat to her children, should be brave enough to deal in such emergency
situation, as choking for more than 4 minutes without oxygen causes brain damage or even death. Depression or becoming panic does not work
out in such emergency situations. To nd out the effectiveness of structure t Aim: eaching programme on knowledge regarding rst aid of
choking among the mothers of under 5 children. Quantitative research approach was used, Method: and pre-experimental one group pre-test
post-test design was adopted in the study, The samples were collected using non-probability purposive sampling technique from 40 mothers.
Results: Out of 40 mothers of under 5 children, with respect to age, 26(65%) were aged between 26 – 35 years, 9(22.5%) were aged between 21 –
25 years, 3(7.5%0 were aged >35 years and 295%) were aged <20 years. Regarding education, 23(57.5%) had secondary education, 11(27.5%)
had primary education, and 6(15%) were graduates. Considering the type of family of mothers of under 5 children, 21(52.5%) belonged to joint
family and 19(47.5%) belonged to nuclear family. With regard to address, 40(100%) were residing in rural area. Regarding religion, 31(77.5%)
were Hindus and 9(22.5%) were Muslims. The occupational status of mothers of under 5 children shows that, 35(87.5%) were homemakers,
4(10%) were private employee and 1(2.5%) were daily worker. With respect to family income, 28(70%) had a family income of 20,000, 8(20%)
had family income of between 21,000 – 25,000, 3(7.5%) had a family income of >31,000 and 1(2.5%) had family income of between 25,000 –
30,000. It shows that in the pre-test, 21(52.5%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 19(47.5%) had inadequate knowledge regarding rst
aid of choking among mothers of under 5 children. In the post test, 22(55%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 18(45%) had adequate
knowledge regarding rst aid of choking among mothers of under 5 children. The calculated paired 't' test value of t = 17.130 was found to be
statistically signicant at p<0.001 level which clearly infers that structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding rst aid of choking
administered among mothers of under 5 children was found to be effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding rst aid of choking
among mothers of under 5 children. Conclusion: Through this study, the investigator concluded that structured teaching programme was
effective in bringing desired changes in the knowledge of the mothers of under ve children.