ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“It is eternal changefulness of life that makes life beautiful”

- Sigmund Freud
My heart overflows with gratitude towards God the Almighty for
strengthening, guiding and directing me all through my project by imparting
the light of his wisdom and helping me to unearth the knowledge through
this study.

This thesis is the fruitful culmination of the valuable guidance and

assistance of several people to whom I owe my sincere gratitude.

"The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has vision today." This
was taught to us by "Rev. Sr.Nirmala Pulipati " Principal of Vijay Marie
College of Nursing.I deeply appreciate the encouragement, and loving
attention you lavished upon me. Thank you so much sister for your
kindness, care and for the valuable guidance & support.

"Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul
the blue prints of your ultimate achievements." This has been the motto of
"Rev Sr.Anne ponatil ”professor and H.O.D of Medical surgical nursing
Vijay Marie College of Nursing. Her beauty of spirit & hope for a better
future has inspired my dreams come true.
It is my privilege to express my deep sense of gratitude and heartfelt
thanks to my esteemed guide, Associate Professor
Mrs.G.N.K.Parameshwari H.O.D of Community Health Nursing,
Hyderabad for her valuable suggestions and her keen interest.

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the co-guides,and

Professors of Vijay Marie college of Nursing. I humbly acknowledge her
personal interest, valuable suggestions, vast experiences which have
greatly helped me at every step of my performance in this study and
academics.

I thank all the faculty of Vijay Marie College of Nursing for their valuable
help, guidance and contributions.

A word of special thanks to my friends and classmates for their timely help
and Co- operation during the study

I also owe my thanks to all the Non-teaching staff of the college for all the
support that they have extended.

I express my sincere thanks to the experts in medical and nursing fields for
their valuable suggestions and guidance in validating the tool and content .

I sincerely express my cordial thanks to the Medical officer of Primary

health centre, of S.R Nagar, Hyderabad, for permitting me to conduct the
main study and their cooperation.

I owe my special thanks to Mrs. Elizabeth, Department of English, Fr.Roch

Memorial High School, for editing my thesis
I express my gratefulness to the librarian Mrs.Ruth for permitting and
facilitating me to make use of the reservoir of knowledge from the library.

I also thank to Mrs.Rani and Mr.Moses for all the technical help, her
constant support and prayerful blessings.

I also extend my sincere thanks to my dearest and loving parents for it is

with your decisions, support, encouragement and hard work I am here
today. I also owe my special thanks to my loving husband Mr.Sidhu and my
son Master Shrihan . Thank you for tolerating me when I was stressed and
supported me in all the ways possible. A special note of thanks to all my
family members and well wishers, all those who directly or indirectly helped
me, without which this endeavor would not have been completed.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Mrs.A.SREELATHA.
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1.
INTRODUCTION

 Need for the study

 Statement of the problem
 Objectives of the study
 Operational definitions
 Assumptions of the study
 Variables under the study
 Delimitations of the study
 Hypothesis
 Conceptual frame work of the study
 Epilogue

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

 Studies related to
 Studies related to
 Studies
 Studies
 Studies
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 Studies related
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3 METHODOLOGY

 Research approach
 Research design
 Setting of the study
 Population
 Sample
 Sampling technique
 Criteria for sample selection
 Method of data collection
 Development and description of the tool
 Content validity
 Reliability
 Pilot study
 Data collection procedure
 Plan for data analysis

4. DATA ANALYSIS ,INTERPRETATION AND

DISCUSSION
Section I :
Section II :
Section III :
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 Discussion

5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

 Summary of the study
 Limitations
 Recommendations
 Implication
 Conclusion
6. REFERENCES
7. APPENDICES

LIST OF TABLES
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LIST OF FIGURES

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