To Assess the Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Selection of Play Articles for Children and Its Importance among Parents of 6-12 Years Children

Introduction: Kids are humanity's hope. The children of today are the masters of the world of the future. The saying goes, "Health is richness." Therefore, if children are happy, they will be healthier for the future generation, a healthy nation's result. Play articles are more than just playing things, but while they should be enjoyable, they should also be children's age-appropriate physical and emotional growth. It is necessary to consider playing items or playing articles as a cognitive learning tool for children.

Objective: Assess the knowledge and effectiveness of the self-instructional module regarding the selection of play articles for children and its importance among parents of 6-12 years of children. Associate the post-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables among parents of 6-12 years of children.

Methods: Study research design is a pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test. Population in this study parent of 6-12 years children selected area of Wardha city with 80 parents to use close-ended structured questionnaires have been used in this study for assessing knowledge.

Results: The finding of the study shows that the post-test, the sample was had a poor level of knowledge score, none of them had a poor level of knowledge score, none of them had an average level of knowledge, none of them had a good level of knowledge score, 52 (78.75%) had an excellent level of knowledge score and 28 (21.25%) have a very good level of knowledge, The minimum score was 13 and the maximum score was 19, the mean score was 16.79 ± 1.290 with a mean percentage score of 55.96%.

Conclusion: The conclusion of this study shows that 28 (21.25%) having a very good level of knowledge and 52(78.75%) having an excellent level of knowledge.