Prevention of Malnutrition among Mothers of under Five Children, Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge at Selected Anganwadi’s of Bagalkot

Background of the Study: Every child develops and grows at her/his own pace and own time through reaching the various developmental milestones. Recent evidence indicates that good nutrition, particularly in early childhood, is critical to positive health outcomes of children in fact, children nutritional status can be viewed as good proxy indicator of a community state of health. Adequate nutrition during early childhood is fundamental to the development of each child’s potential. It is established that the period from birth to two years of age is a ‘’critical window ‘’for the promotion of optimal growth, health and overall survival of children. Objectives: “To assess the knowledge of malnutrition among mothers of under five children as perceived from mothers of under five children at selected Anganwadi’s of Bagalkot.’’ Methods: A structured teaching program with sample of 60 mothers of under five children was selected with the nonprobability convenient sampling technique was used for the study. The questionnaires was used to statistical analysis. The data was entered in MS Excel sheet for analysis. Result: Assessment of the level of knowledge of the mothers reveals that majority (98.33%) of the mothers had a average knowledge,1.66% of mothers who had a good knowledge and not any mother had poor knowledge regarding prevention of malnutrition among mothers of under five children. Conclusion: A study found there is a significant difference between pretest score and post test score of under-five mothers of children with their knowledge and prevention of malnutrition.