Assessment of awareness regarding school lunch programme among parents at Bagadpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Background: School lunch programme provided by government of India at free of cost, its components use in the clinical settings are well defined, the present study aims at assessing the parent's awareness regarding school lunch programme (SLP). Objectives 1. To assess the awareness of parents regarding school lunch programme. 2. To find the association between the level awareness among the parents with their sociodemographic variables. Method: A study was used to assess the awareness of parents regarding SLP at Bagadpur, Uttar Pradesh. Data was collected from 80 samples using convenient sampling technique by structured questionnaire. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics and presents in the form of tables and figures. Result: 1.25% parents have adequate level of awareness, 73.75% have moderate level of awareness and 25.00% have inadequate level of awareness. Conclusion:There was no statistically significant association between sociodemographic variables of the respondents with their level of awareness.