Respiratory tract infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
developing and also developed countries. Almost 150 million new episodes of respiratory tract infection
identified per year worldwide more than 90% of which occur in developing countries. Nearly 30% of
total annual deaths occur in children younger than 5 years old. Objectives: To assess the knowledge
regarding management of respiratory tract infections among mothers of underfive children. And to find
out association between the knowledge regarding management of respiratory infection among mothers
of under five children and the selected Socio demographic variables. Methodology: Non experimental,
cross sectional descriptive research design was adopted, sixty mothers of underfive children were selected
through non-probability convenience sampling technique. Structured questionnaire methods was adopted
to collect the data. Collected data was analyzed based on descriptive and inferential statistics. Result:
among 60 samples 12 (20%) mothers have inadequate knowledge, 44 (73.33%) mothers have moderately
adequate knowledge and 4 (6.67%) mothers have inadequate knowledge regarding management of
respiratory tract infection. The mean is 25.7 with standard deviation of 4.57. Conclusion: The findings
of the study reveal that Majority of mothers have Moderately Adequate Knowledge. Educational
programme to be organized or prevention of respiratory tract infection to improve the knowledge of
mothers of under five children to reduce the prevalence of respiratory tract infection.
Key words: Management, knowledge, respiratory treat infection mothers under fire children
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