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Knowledge and Practices Regarding Prevention from Injuries and First Aid Measures Among the Mothers of Children Under-Five in the Selected Rural Areas of Himachal Pradesh with Special Reference to District Shimla
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to explore home accident incidents, their causes and consequences, and to develop guidelines on home safety for rural households. Sample of 200 households was selected from rural areas of Mashobra Block of Shimla District. The study aimed to assess the level of knowledge regarding first aid management of domestic accidents among mothers of under-five children and safety practices at home in rural village. A quantitative approach with descriptive research design was used. A non-probability convenience sampling technique was used. Sample size was 200. The validity and reliability of the tool was established. Structured interview and observation technique was used to collect the data. Findings of the study: Majority (48%) mothers/caretakers of age group belonged to 20–30 years, most of the subjects (74%) were female, 34% had family income 4,001–5,000, majority (59%) mothers were primary pass and majority (72%) of them in the relationship with family members were mothers. Majority (37%) of mothers were homemakers, and 74% belonged to nuclear family. Majority (81%) belonged to Hindu religion, 47% were children in the age group of 3–5 years and major (53%) source of information was media. Regarding majority (77%) children met with the accident. Regarding over all knowledge regarding first aid measures moderately (77%) and inadequate (2%). Regarding knowledge, awareness and attitude majority (67.16%) had average knowledge, and had (76.38%) neutral attitude towards indoor injuries. Results showed that only qualification of mother was significantly associated with knowledge and class, family income and source of knowledge was significantly associated with attitude. Hence, it was concluded that the awareness regarding mental illness among adolescent was poor, knowledge was average and attitude was neutral. Study concluded that there is need to aware the mothers/caretakers regarding indoor injuries.
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