INTRODUCTION: The development of children has been considered as an integral part of national development. Milestone provide a framework for observing and monitoring a child over time. Gross motors skills are bigger movements-such as rolling over and sitting. Fine motor skills are small movements-such as picking up small objects. A toddler is a child between the ages of one to three. AIM OF STUDY: The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding gross and fine motor milestones of toddlers among anganwadi workers working in selected rural areas of District Sri Muktsar Sahib. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study was conducted in block Malout and block Lambi District Sri Muktsar sahib, Punjab. An pre experimental design in which one-group pretest-posttest research design was used to assess the knowledge of anganwadi workers regarding gross and fine motor milestone of toddlers. A sample size of 60 i.e. selected by convenience sampling technique. and the The data was collected by self structured knowledge questionnaire and was analyzed and interpreted according to the objectives. RESULTS: The data analysis reveals pre-test knowledge mean ±S.D is 7.88±1.69 and post-test knowledge mean ± S.D is 16.71 ± 1.39 which was found statistically significant (paired t value was found to be 37.896**, df=59) at 0.05 level of significance. So there is statistically significant difference in the mean pre-test and mean post-test knowledge. There was significant association between knowledge level with age, and previous training regarding milestones of toddlers as statistically analyzed. CONCLUSION: finding of the present study was conducted that information booklet is effective in increasing knowledge of anganwadi workers regarding gross and fine motor milestones of toddlers.
Gross and Fine Motor Milestones of Toddlers, Information Booklet, Knowledge.
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