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Hiremath, Soujanya S.
- Effectiveness of Distance Education on Food and Nutrition
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1 Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), IN
1 Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), IN
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International Journal of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, Vol 2, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 1-7Abstract
Distance education is the process of educating large number of people, dispersed and distantly located, with face to face interaction between the teacher and the taught. It is characterized by no rigid entry qualifications, learning according to one's own pace and convenience, flexibility in choice of courses and use of modern and appropriate methods of education and communication. An experimental study was conducted to assess the knowledge of selected rural school dropout girls and women about food and nutrition at pre and post stage of distance education in selected villages of Dharwad district of Karnataka. After the education, results showed that about 97 per cent of the respondents gave correct answer about food groups followed by better cooking methods (81.67%), balanced diet (80.00%) and nutrition (61.66%). The knowledge of food showed cent per cent increase about cereals, pulses and essential food required for human growth. High majority of the respondents answered rightly about the fermented foods, methods of cooking and cutting of vegetables. More than 90 per cent of the respondents were able to answer about nutritious foods, grains required in daily diet, importance of balanced diet. This experimental study clearly shows that there was significant impact on gain in knowledge of rural school dropout girls and women about food and nutrition. The results of this study created scope of learning for the poor people living in remote rural areas, for the women whose life is still covered by the four walls of social systems and for those who cannot spare time for learning in lieu of their own earning schedule.Keywords
Effectiveness, Distance Education, Food, Nutrition.Full Text
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- Enhancing the Quality of Health Education Through Distance Education
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1 Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), IN
1 Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (Karnataka), IN
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International Journal of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, Vol 2, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 39-44Abstract
Distance education in India is making it easier to close the educational gap between rural and urban areas. By making educational opportunities easily available to everyone, distance education is opening up career options for the less privileged segments of Indian population. An experimental study was conducted to enhance the quality of health education through distance education with the objective to assess the knowledge of rural school dropout girls and women at pre and post stage of the distance education. The sample consisted 120 respondents who were selected from four villages namely Harobelawadi, Uppinbetageri, Mansur, Garag of Dharwad taluka. Village wise knowledge of respondents after the education revealed that majority (88%) of the respondents gave correct answer about family sanitation, followed by personal hygiene (85%), community sanitation (83.34%), environmental sanitation (82.50%) and additional useful information for rural sanitation (75%). The knowledge about family sanitation shows that high majority of the respondents answered rightly for importance of proper light and aeration at home, followed by place for washing of pesticide equipments and material used in the gobar gas plant. Cent per cent of the respondents gave correct answer for colostrum feeding and proper washing of hands after toilet. Majority of the respondents answered with respect to spraying of DDT powder to drainage and stagnant water to control mosquitoes, which are the causes of malaria. More than 80 per cent of the respondents were able to answer about methods to burry dead rats and pets, place to keep the milch animals in the house and source of solar cooker. Similarly, majority of the respondents answered rightly about astra chullaha/ or smokeless chullaha and department in-charge to distribute solar cooker.Keywords
Enhancing, Quality Health, Distance Education.Full Text
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