“A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Warning Signs of Calcium Deficiency Among Parents of School Going Children in Selected Areas of Pune City.”

Abstract

Introduction: - Most important minerals of the body is calcium. Contraction of muscle and clotting blood was role of calcium as well as stabilized nerve functions. Most of the calcium found in bones and the others is founding in muscles and as well as blood. The average nutritional requirements of groups of people are fixed and depend on such measurable characteristics as age, sex, height, weight, degree of activity and rate of growth. A recent National Survey indicates that 85 % of young adults do not consume the Recommended Daily Allowance of calcium. Title of the study: “A study to assess the knowledge regarding warning signs of calcium deficiency among parents of school going children in selected areas of Pune city.”

Material and methods: A non-experimental descriptive research design was undertaken . Quantitative Research approach was adopted for the study. Non-probablity purposive sampling technique was used for sample selection. Sample size was 100 sample. The Study was done at selected areas of Pune city. Structured Knowledge questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting the data which include demographic questions and knowledge based questions. Data analysis was done by using descriptive inferential statistics

Results: Findings related to the level of knowledge regarding calcium deficiency among parents of school going children. 42% were having average and good knowledge respectively and 11% were having poor knowledge, 5% were having Excellent knowledge. The overall mean is 13.22 & SD was 4.42.

Conclusion: It shows that awareness of calcium deficiency among parents which will help the children to fight against calcium deficiency through the medium of health education.