Tomato fever is cause by coxsackievirus A-6 and A-16. Infection with this virus can cause some neurological symptoms. Fever is common symptom associated with infections in childhood and about 60% of children experience fever three to six time in a year during their first five years of age. (Hay, et al., 2005). Tomato Flu is trending in India around 82 cases of Tomato Flu been reported in India since have May 2022 reveals a lancet study.5 Aim of the study: to assess the effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding Tomato fever in children among parents in selected area of Pune city.to find association between selected demographic variables. Material and methods: The quantitative research approach was used for this study. The sample size was 200. It included parents selected areas of Pune City. The self structured questionnaire tools used to collect data and information booklet regarding tomato fever is given to the parents after the pre test. The tool was evaluated and validated by 9 experts. The questionnaire consist 21items and in 21 Question 13questions are in multiple type of questions and 8 are yes/no type question. In section IstDemographic section and in section IInd multiple choice question. Pre and Post test is done on parents in selected areas of Pune city. Result-before intervention majority of 88% having average knowledge regarding tomato Fever, 9.5% have good knowledge & 2.5 % having poor knowledge regarding tomato Fever and after intervention majority of 55.5% having average knowledge regarding tomato Fever, 44.5 % having good knowledge regarding tomato Fever. Age, Socio-economic status, education of parents, & occupation of parents are found significantly associated with knowledge at the level of 0.05. Conclusion- The results indicated that majority of parents knowledge improved after intervention and It shows that the information booklet was effective.

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