title: Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) study regarding facts for life.
abstract: This knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) study was done in the married women of age 18-38 years in Jorpati and Gokarna village development committees of Katmandu district to evaluate the knowledge of "Facts for Life". There were 510 married women involved in this study. Altogether 28 questions were asked to each of them regarding the "Facts for Life". It includes the following five subjects: Safe motherhood, Childhood Immunization, Childhood diarrhea, Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in childhood and hygiene. There was a significant increase in knowledge about hygiene and knowledge regarding childhood immunization than diarrhea, ARI and Safe motherhood. Results showed that the overall knowledge was at 62.8%. This shows that still more attention is needed to Nepalese women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital, Jorpati, Katmandu, Nepal. prakash_ooz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adhikari
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhungel
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Shankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khanal
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000628:therapy; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008393:Marriage; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D009390:Nepal; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections; D012424:Rural Population