Author(s):
Thongam Kapeelta Devi, Mukta Gautam, Laxmi, Mery Thomas, Nidhi Dixon
Email(s):
kapeel.thongam@gmail.com
DOI:
10.52711/2454-2660.2025.00002 
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Thongam Kapeelta Devi1, Mukta Gautam2, Laxmi3, Mery Thomas4, Nidhi Dixon5
1Vice-Principal, Nightingale Institute of Nursing, Noida.
2,3,4,5Nursing Students, Nightingale Institute of Nursing, Noida.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 13,
Issue - 1,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
One illness that spreads quickly is measles. It is caused by a virus that is a member of the Paramyxovirus genus. Through direct touch and flight, it can spread. Children under five years old are most commonly affected. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of mothers' young children under the age of five. Pre-experimental one group pre-test-post-test research was the method used for this investigation.100 mothers of under five children was chosen using purposive sampling from the local population in the community. Mothers of under five children received health education to help them become better informed and more proactive about preventing the measles. The post-test level of knowledge was 18.16 with standard deviation 1.390 which was higher than the calculated pretest level of knowledge i.e. 9.07 mean with the standard deviation 3.522 with mean difference of 9.13 and calculated Z test value is 25.25 which was higher than the table value i.e. 1.96 at df (99) at significance level of 0.05. The post-test level of attitude was 47.18 with standard deviation 2.719 which was higher than the calculated pre test level of attitude i.e. 22.37 mean with the standard deviation 2.460 with mean difference of 24.81 and calculated paired Z test value is 68.9 which was higher than the table value i.e. 1.96 at df (99) at 0.05 level of significance. The study finds that mothers of children under five years old had better knowledge and attitudes about measles management and prevention
Cite this article:
Thongam Kapeelta Devi, Mukta Gautam, Laxmi, Mery Thomas, Nidhi Dixon. Enhancing Knowledge and Attitudes towards Measles Prevention among mothers of Under-Five Children. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;13(1):10-4. doi: 10.52711/2454-2660.2025.00002
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Thongam Kapeelta Devi, Mukta Gautam, Laxmi, Mery Thomas, Nidhi Dixon. Enhancing Knowledge and Attitudes towards Measles Prevention among mothers of Under-Five Children. International Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;13(1):10-4. doi: 10.52711/2454-2660.2025.00002 Available on: https://ijneronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-13-1-2
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