Effectiveness of Planned Eye Health Education Programme to Create Awareness and Practice Regarding Vitamin A Intake among Caregiver and Their Children in Sunsari District of Nepal
Received Date: Jan 26, 2019 / Accepted Date: Apr 16, 2019 / Published Date: Apr 23, 2019
Abstract
Vitamin A deficiency is one of the most significant causes of preventable childhood blindness. The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of planned eye health education programme to create awareness and practice regarding Vitamin A intake among parents and their children in Koshi rural municipality of Sunsari district in Nepal. The method used for this study was quasi experimental one group pre-test and post-test research design. Based on the objectives and hypothesis the data were analyzed by various statistical tests. Analysis of data showed that there is significant difference between pre and post-test knowledge (p value-<0.05). Hence it is statically interpreted that the planned eye health education programme to create awareness and practice regarding Vitamin A intake among parents and their children was effective.
Keywords: Planned eye health education programme; Importance of vitamin A; Sunsari district; Pre-post-test; School going children; Nepal; Koshi rural municipality
Citation: Anwar A, Singh SK, Thakur SK (2019) Effectiveness of Planned Eye Health Education Programme to Create Awareness and Practice Regarding Vitamin A Intake among Caregiver and Their Children in Sunsari District of Nepal. J Community Med Health Educ 9:654.
Copyright: © 2019 Anwar A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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