In this study we have considered the level of
awareness on Acute Respiratory Tract Infection among
the mothers of children under five year of age in Jalalabad, Kyrgyzstan. As we know Acute Respiratory
Infection is a common diseases and hundreds of children
under age of five they die due ARI in Developing
countries. So the main objective of this study is to find
out the level of knowledge regarding ARI among mother
who has at least one child who is under fiver year of age.
Methods:
A cross- sectional study was conducted in which
semi structured close ended questionnaire was used to
collect data from the mother who had at least one child
who is under fiver year od age. The sampling technique
used in this study was on the basis of a convenient
sampling technique and 280 sample size was taken for
the study. After collecting data, they will entered in SPSS
software for data analysis.
Conclusion:
Majority of the respondent 55% were from age
group above 25-30 and remaining were from (20- 25)
38% and 30-35 years 7.5%. Among the respondents
who have 2 children were 41.25% and 30% have only
one child and those who have three children were 20%
and the women who have children more than four are
8.75%. Majority of mother have very good level of
knowledge regarding ARI, whereas 31.1% of the
respondent had good level of awareness regarding ARI
and remaining 5.9% of them had poor level of knowledge
about ARI.
Keywords :
Awareness, Acute, Pneumonia, Infection, Mother, Children