Effectiveness of Audio Assisted Teaching Programme among Parents Regarding Smartphone Usage and Its Adverse Effects among Under Five Year Children in a Selected Schools at Aurangabad District

Prashant B Kulkarni, Dr. Anuradha B Mhaske

Abstract: Aim of the study: To find the effectiveness of Audio Assisted Teaching programme among parents regarding Smartphone usage and its adverse effects among under five year children, Methods: 40 parents are selected by purposive sampling technique. Structured knowledge questionnaire were used to collect the data from parents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: There is an increase knowledge scores in the post test compare to pre test.17.5% of parents had average knowledge, 70% had good knowledge and 12.5% had excellent knowledge in the post test whereas 7.5% of parents had poor knowledge, 80% had average knowledge and 12.5% had good knowledge. There is no significant association between pre test knowledge scores with selected demographic variables. Conclusion: Many parents are unaware about the impact of mobile impact on their children. Still there is a need to conduct so many awareness programme regarding this.

Keywords: Parents, audio assisted teaching programme, Smartphone, under five children, adverse effect