The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding ICDS programme among mothers of under five children in a selected hospital. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge score regarding ICDS program among Mothers of under five children in selected hospital, to evaluate effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on knowledge regarding ICDS program, to find the association between pretest knowledge scores regarding ICDS program among Mothers of under five children n selected hospital. Purposive sampling technique was used. The research design was one group pretest post test design. Structured Knowledge questionnaire was used for collecting data. Pretest was administered followed by Structured Teaching Program and post test was done. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings show that in the pretest out of 50 subjects, 70% mother had poor knowledge scores, 30% of mother had average knowledge score in the pretest. After the structured teaching programme 36% mother had average knowledge scores and 64% had good knowledge score regarding ICDS programme. The computed 't' value of knowledge regarding ICDS programme was 14.20 with 'p' value of 0.00001. The calculated 't' value is higher than calculated 't' value at 0.05 level of significance. So the hypothesis (H1) was accepted. Hence it can be concluded that there is significant difference in the knowledge level of Mothers of under five children regarding ICDS program.
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