Knowledge and Practice Regarding Prevention of Covid-19 in Children among Mothers of Underfive Children

Aim: A study titled “knowledge and practice regarding prevention of COVID-19 in children among mothers underfive children” is a descriptive conducted on 300 admitted pediatric medical wards Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Objectives: The objectives the were to assess knowledge children, find out correlation between determine association selected socio demographic variables, variables prepare module children. Materials Methods: theoretical framework was based Nola J. Pender’s Health Promotion Model. Data mother’s assessed using questionnaire through rating scale. Results: revealed that mothers, 51% had overall good knowledge, 41.3% average 7.7% poor Of 82.3% 17.7% Conclusion: It observed there weak positive (r= 0.265, p< 0.01) significant sociodemographic such as age, educational qualification, occupation income mother. also found qualification findings inferred that, even though majority are following practices, they lack scientific preventive practices.