Volume : 6, Issue : 3, March - 2017

Effectiveness of Information, Education and Communication module to reduce the level of guilt complex regarding child care among primigravid working mothers of underprivileged community in selected tea estates at Valparai

Mercyjennifer J, Dr. Jain Vanitha N S

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">An experimental study was conducted to find out the impact of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) module to reduce the level of guilt complex regarding child care among primi gravid working mothers (10 in control and 10 in experimental) of underprivileged community, Valpari selected by multistage random sampling technique. Pretest posttest design adopted. Interview and questionnaire method followed to collect data regarding age, education, occupation,</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">type of family, age of child, hours of work and caretakers of child and the adoptive measures taken to reduce the level of guilt complex.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Experimental group of mothers received IEC module. Control group received no intervention. The result shows the guilt complex score of experimental group was significantly lesser than control group at </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">(p&lt;0.001)</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">. The study concluded that IEC module is effective in reducing the level of guilt complex.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%;&#10;tab-stops:174.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>