A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Balanced Diet Among Mothers of Pre-schooler in Selected Areas of Kollam

The community project undertook was “A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding balanced diet among mothers of pre-schooler in selected areas of kollam”. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of mothers regarding balanced diet, to find the association between knowledge on balanced diet among mothers of pre-schoolers and selected demographic variables, the descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted among 100 mothers of pre-schoolers. In order to assess the knowledge regarding balanced diet among mothers of pre-schoolers, the study sample was selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. The tool used for data collection consisted of demographic Performa and structured questionnaire. The analysis of the data was based on the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the present study revealed that there was significant association between knowledge and demographic variable like education of mother and type of family. There is no significant aasociation between age of mother, age of child, gender of children, occupation of mothers, economic status and source of information. Based on the findings the investigator has drawn implications which were of vital concerns in the field of nursing practice, nursing administration, nursing pattern, nursing education for future development.