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VOL. 2, ISSUE 4 (2017)
A study to assess the knowledge regarding Midday Meal Programme (MMP) among parents of elementary school (6 years to 12 years) children in selected school at Moradabad
Authors
Sandhya Gupta, Shilpi, Ankit
Abstract
Background: Mid-day meal or school lunch programme bias/error is common in study, since. The guidelines for school lunch programme and its componants use in the clinical setting (interpretation of data) are well defined but practice in reality, the present study aims at defining the parents knowledge regarding mid-meal programme during study. Objectives: 1) To assess the knowledge regarding mid-day meal among the parents. 2) To find the association between the level of regarding mid- day meal among the parents. Material and methods Method: A study was used to assess the knowledge regarding mid- day meal among the parents village manoharpur Moradabad (U.P). Data was collected from 80 samples. The samples where selected by using non probability sampling technique by using structured questionnaires. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics and presents in the form of tables and figures. Result: In relation to the sources of information 8.8% of parents for getting information from friends, 17.5% of them from relatives, 5% them from mass media, 18.8% of them from health personnel and 50% of them from school authority. 1.2% parents have good knowledge, 71.2% parents have average knowledge and 27.5% parents have poor knowledge Conclusion: 27.5% of the subjects had poor knowledge regarding midday meal programme and There was no statistically significant association between demographical variables like age, sex, gender,sourse of information, educational qualification and occupation.
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Pages:50-53
How to cite this article:
Sandhya Gupta, Shilpi, Ankit "A study to assess the knowledge regarding Midday Meal Programme (MMP) among parents of elementary school (6 years to 12 years) children in selected school at Moradabad". International Journal of Advanced Science and Research, Vol 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 50-53
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