“Assess the effectiveness of customized awareness package on knowledge regarding mental health and problems among parents of school going children visiting selected clinics at Indore’’

Abstract

The present study has been undertaken to assess the effectiveness of customized awareness package on knowledge regarding mental health and problems among parents of school going children visiting selected clinics at Indore. The research design adopted for the study was quasi-experimental without control group in nature. The tool for the study was self-structured knowledge questionnaire which consists of two parts-PART- I consisted questions related to Socio-demographic data, PART-II consisted of self -structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the knowledge score mental health and problems among parents of school going children. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The most significant finding was that 13.3% of parents of school going children were having good knowledge regarding mental health and problems whereas 86.7 had excellent knowledge after post-test. It was suggested that the nurses must educate parents of school; going children regarding mental health and problems.