Knowledge regarding imnci among health workers

Abstract

Background: Successful approaches and projects are critical to the venture of solid propensities and the alleviation of hazard factors for ailment. The Integrated Management of Child Illness (IMCI) system was presented in the principle focal point of the system was on improving clinical consideration given at wellbeing offices to outpatient debilitated kids. IMCI expects to decrease demise, sickness and inability. IMCI incorporates both preventive and remedial components that are actualized by families and networks just as by wellbeing offices. Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge of health workers regarding IMNCI, 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on IMNCI, 3. To discover a relationship between pre-test information scores and chose segment factors. Methodology: Evaluative research approach used for this study. Pre-experimental (One group Pretest – posttest) design carried out for the Study. Collected information by self-structured questionnaire by purposive sampling method. Result: Assessed the knowledge regarding IMNCI among health workers and result were found as: pre-test majority of the health workers 60% common knowledge, 26% poor knowledge and 14% good knowledge. Whereas, in post-test 68% of usual knowledge, 24% had good information & 8% poor knowledge on the subject of IMNCI among health workers. Conclusion: Study revealed that effectiveness of structured teaching programme is effective to increase the knowledge on IMNCI among health workers.