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Background: Early childhood is regarded as one of the most essential and valuable periods before attaining adulthood.The first five years of life are the most important for a child's development as many biological, psychological, and emotional changes take place during this time.Children need enough nutrients during the developmental stage to support growth and immunity.They experience certain deficiency disorders if their needs are not fulfilled.Therefore, the current study was undertaken to establish a theoretical basis for the assessment of knowledge of mothers of under five years regarding vitamin A deficiency.Methods: The study utilized a descriptive survey design and a simple random technique was used to obtain 60 samples from Anganawadi, urban area of Bagalkot, Karnataka, India.Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge among mothers of under-five children regarding vitamin A deficiency.The collected data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: Among the 60 samples studied, the knowledge of under-five children's mothers was very poor for 10% of mothers, poor for 66.66% of mothers, and good knowledge was reported for 23.33% mothers.The results of the present study showed a nonsignificant association between knowledge levels of mothers of under-five children and age group (p<1), religion (p=0), education (p<0.139),number of children (p<0.262),income (p<0.258),occupation (p<0.686), and type of family (p<0.022). Conclusion:The study concluded that the knowledge of mothers of under-five children was very poor for 10% of mothers and poor for 66.66% of mothers.
Hiremath et al. (Fri,) studied this question.