Assess the Knowledge Regarding Food Poisoning Among Mother of Under Five Children

An estimated 600 million almost 1 in 10 people in the world fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420 000 die every year, resulting in the loss of 33 million healthy life years (DALYs). Though most of the foods borne diseases are sporadic and often not reported in India, a nationwide study reported an alarming 13.2% prevalence at the household level. Result: The findings showed that 60% of mothers have heard about food poisoning. The mothers' knowledge about transmission of diseases by food was acceptable; 68.9% knew. When they were asked to detail the diseases, cholera was the most reported by about 84.4%, diarrhea 50%, and food poisoning 22.2% only. 1) to assess the knowledge regarding food poisoning among under five children mother. 2) To find out the association between selected demographic variables with knowledge score. A Descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. Non probability convenient sampling method was used to collect data from under five children mother on the basis of semi structured questioners. Sample size 50 under five mothers participates in study. Setting of the study selected area of Wardha district. The study shows that (2%) each under five mothers had very poor level of knowledge score, 60% had average level of knowledge score, 38%had good level of knowledge score. The minimum score was 6 and the maximum score was 18, the mean score was 11.86 +/- 2.2983 with a mean percentage of knowledge was 39.53%. This study assessed the food poisoning knowledge among mothers in Wardha district. The information could be used as a starting point to design education and training programs that can further improve their knowledge and can be translated into better and safer food handling practices. Food safety efforts generally tend to focus on food supply chains and the household domain of food handling and practices gets limited attention.