ABSTRACT:
A Quasi experimental Study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and practice regarding rainbow nutrition among school going children at selected school in Puducherry. Simple random sampling techniques was used to select the 40 school going children. Findings reveal that in pre test mean score of knowledge was 13.70±3.736 and in post test was 10.00±4.397. The calculated unpaired 't' test value 10.839 was found to be statistically significant at p=0.000 level. In pre test practice mean score was 10.00±4.397, in post test 16.68±3.323. The calculated ‘t’ test value 9.375 was found to be statistically significant at p=0.000. The results clearly infer that the structural teaching programme given was found to be effective in improving knowledge and practice on rainbow nutrition among school children. The level of knowledge was significant to mass media available among school children and the level of practice was significant to education of the mother of school children at the p level 0.001 respectively. The present study concludes that, the structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge and practice towards rainbow nutrition. The nurses and health care workers initiate the health education and health programme on rainbow nutrition. This will helps to promote healthy nation and reduce morbidity and mortality rate due to communicable and non communicable diseases and its complications among children.
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Uma. P. Rainbow Nutrition: A Pre Experimental Study among School Children. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2025;13(3):165-8. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2025.00032
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Uma. P. Rainbow Nutrition: A Pre Experimental Study among School Children. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2025;13(3):165-8. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2025.00032 Available on: https://ijanm.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-13-3-6
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