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Community and Public Health Nursing

Volume  1, Issue 2, July - December 2016, Pages 131-135
 

Original Article

Level of Practice on Protein Rich Diet

S.K. Mohanasundari*, Joyce Joseph*, Sanjeeta Dara*

*Nursing Tutors, College of Nursing, AIIMS Jodhpur, 342005 Rajasthan.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/cphn.2455.8621.1216.11

Abstract

  A quantitative research approach and descriptive study design was followed for this present study. Non­random purposive sampling technique was followed to select 60 samples from the target population. Around 20 practice related Questionnaire wasprepared along with demographic variables, the score and interpretation was 0­8 indicated poor practice, 9­ 4 indicated good/average practice and 15­20 indicates very good practice. Pilot study was conducted with 6 samples. The actual data was collected with over a period of one month. The data was compiled and analysed with help of descriptive and inferential statistics. The result shows that around20% of samples were having poor practice in providing protein rich diet to their under­five children, Where as 46.7% of mothers are having satisfactory level of practice and 33.3% samples were having excellent practice. The mean score is 12.4 with the standard deviation of 4.1. It is clear that most of the mother were having good practice in providing protein rich diet to their under­five children. There is no association exit between demographic variables and level of practice. 

 


Keywords : Protein; Under­Five Children; Amino Acid; Nutrition; Growth and Development.
Corresponding Author : S.K. Mohanasundari*