Parents play a major role in identification and assessment of children’s health and health problems and make primary decision to help them. Cough is the most common respiratory problems of childhood and generally thought to account for the majority of referrals to the hospital for treatment. The present study aims to assess the effectiveness for honey on cough among the toddler children in selected rural community areas of Indore. The design for the study was quasi experimental non-randomized control group design. The study was conducted among 60 toddler children i.e. 30 each in control group and experimental group. The tool used was self-prepared cough assessment scale. The findings of the study revealed that the computed’ value was19.276 at df 29 indicated significant difference between pre- test &post- test at the level of p≤0.001.There was no significant association between cough score and selected demographic variables. Thus, honey was found effective in reducing cough of toddlers in selected rural community areas of Indore (M.P.).

Honey, Toddler, ARI