Introduction: Vitamin D also known as the sunshine vitamin, helps in bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis. It is estimated that one billion people in the world have vitamin D deficiency making it a public health problem. Vitamin D deficiency is an important public health problem in both developed and developing countries, with a reported worldwide prevalence of 30-80% in children and adults. Title:“A descriptive study to assess knowledge regarding vitamin D deficiency in mothers of preschoolers from selected areas of Pune city”. The objectives of the study were to assess knowledge regarding vitamin D deficiency among the mothers of preschoolers from selected areas of Pune city. To associate knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Material and Method: In this study we used quantitative research approach. A descriptive study design was selected as the investigation's study methodology. The non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. The sample consist of 200 addicted adult male who had fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study. The reliability of tool was done on 20 participants the value was +0.928 and tool found reliable.Pilot study done on 20 sample and study was fisible to conduct main study. Result: The study mentioned above reveals that 80% of people have average knowledge of vitamin D deficiency, 11% have poor knowledge, and 9% have strong knowledge, with a mean of 08.55 and a standard deviation of 2.16. Demographic variable such as Age, education, socio- economic status, child ages, gender & weight are not significantly associated with p value at the level of <0.05.Conclusion: There was no statistically significant correlation between the demographic factors of the preschooler mother and vitamin D insufficiency. Even so, the mother of a preschooler had only average knowledge of vitamin D inadequacy. Health care practitioners should place more emphasis on health education to raise awareness of vitamin D in the population.

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