EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING PREVENTION OF WORM INFESTATION, AMONG MOTHERS WITH UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED RURALAREAS AT UTTARAHALLI, BANGALORE

:All children are most vulnerable group in the society, certain disease affect them, and result in increased morbidity and mortality rates. These diseases include diarrhea, vector borne diseases, helminthic infestation, respiratory infections and injuries. (Health action; 2003)The term parasite relates to “any living thing that lives on or in another living organism”. Many parasites interfere with bodily function, cause irritation; some destroy the host's tissues and release toxin into the blood stream.