“Assess the Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Teaching Programme Regarding Satvik Food among Antenatal Mothers in Selected Rural Areas.”

Abstract

Introduction: Diet plays an essential role in nourishing our bodies, especially in case of a pregnant woman, her baby’s intrauterine growth & development is directly proportional to what she consumes. Therefore a pregnant mother must eat a diet that is healthy and Satvik in nature, to ensure the baby born is a healthy baby.

Objectives: This study was conducted to achieve the following objectives:

1) To assess the level of knowledge of Satvik food among Antenatal (ANC) mothers.

2) To evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program regarding Satvik food among ANC mothers.

3) To find out association between pretest knowledge scores of ANC mothers regarding Satvik food with selected demographic variables.

Methods: This study utilized a qualitative & evaluative research approach to evaluate the knowledge of ANC mothers regarding Satvik food. Convenient sampling technique used for identifying 100 study participants. Tools consisted of 3 sections. Section I includes demographic variables and Section II includes knowledge assessment questionnaire & Section III was about video assisted teaching. After obtaining written informed consent pre-test was done, video assisted teaching is done & post test data were collected after 15 days.

Results: The results of the study revealed that p-value corresponding only to educational status was small (less than 0.05), and hence educational status was found to have significant association with knowledge among rural ANC mothers regarding Satvik food.

Conclusions: There was a significant difference observed posttest knowledge scores. Hence the study concludes that the video assisted teachings regarding Satvik food were effective.