A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder Game on Knowledge Regarding Nutritional Practices among Children in Selected School at Hubballi

A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder Game on Knowledge Regarding Nutritional Practices among Children in Selected School at Hubballi - Background of the study: Snake and ladder game is regarded as one form of edutainment tool. Such play-way methods enable the teacher to teach effectively and pupils to learn efficiently. Nurses can use this game to educate school children on healthy nutritional practices, prevention of infection and other imperative elements of healthy life style behaviors. Objectives: 1) To assess the knowledge regarding nutritional practices among school children. 2) To evaluate the effectiveness of snake and ladder game. 3) To determine an association between pretest knowledge scores regarding nutritional practices and their selected demographic variables. Methodology: An evaluative study was conducted among 30 school children from Government Primary School of Hubballi. The research design used for the study was Pre-experimental; one group pre-test, post-test design. Results: In the pre-test 20 (66.6%) had average knowledge, 6 (20%) had good knowledge and 04 (13.4%) had poor knowledge. Whereas, in post-test maximum subjects 29 (96.6%) had good knowledge, 01 (3.4%) had average knowledge and none of them had poor knowledge. There was a significant gain in knowledge of school children who were exposed to snake and ladder game i.e. 41.4%. The paired 't' test value (tcal = 11.15) at pKeywords: Snake and Ladder Game, knowledge, Nutritional Practices, School Children.