KNOWLEGE AND ATTITUDE ON DIARRHOEA AMONG THE MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE YEAR CHILDREN LIVING IN JAJARKOT, NEPAL

Suraksha Subedi; Sanjeev Kumar Shah; Urusha Shah; Jennifer Mathias; Koshish Raj Gautam

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

KNOWLEGE AND ATTITUDE ON DIARRHOEA AMONG THE MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE YEAR CHILDREN LIVING IN JAJARKOT, NEPAL

Suraksha Subedi, Sanjeev Kumar Shah, Urusha Shah, Jennifer Mathias, Koshish Raj Gautam

Abstract :

Introduction: Diarrhoea is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in under five children all over the world, especially in developing countries like Nepal due to lack of knowledge. Objectives: To assess the knowledge and attitude towards diarrhoea among mothers of under five years children living in Khalanga, Jajarkot. Methodology: Descriptive, cross sectional design was adopted to find out knowledge and attitude on diarrhoea among mothers of under five children living in Khalanga, Jajarkot. Non -probability purposive sampling technique was used. Semi structured questionnaire was used to collect the data regarding Knowledge and 5 point likert scale was used to collect data regarding attitude towards diarrhoea . Face- Face interview was done. Data was analyzed in descriptive statistics and chi-square test was done by using SPSS version 16. Findings: Out of 105 respondents, majority(86.7%) of them had low knowledge on diarrhoea and 13.3% of them had average knowledge. Similarly, 61% of the respondent have negative attitude and 39% of them had positive attitude towards diarrhoea. There was an association of knowledge level with age of the respondent. Conclusion: In this study, the respondent had low knowledge whereas least of them had medium knowledge on diarrhoea. Regarding the attitude, more than fifty percent of the respondent had negative attitude and less than fifty percent of them had positive attitude. This study concludes that a lot of gap exist between the knowledge and the attitude of mothers towards diarrhoea. So, there is need of health educational interventions as well as awareness programmes regarding diarrhea.