A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge among Postnatal Mothers regarding New Born care in Maternity Ward of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar

Ramesh Kumari, Anupam Sharma, Kawaljit Kaur, Bimla Rani

Abstract


Basic care should be provided to the new born by the mother at home. This includes caring, feeding, basic hygiene and identification of danger signs and seeking help from health personnel whenever required. Therefore, all newborn get home based newborn care as per the perception and socio-cultural behavior of the society. However, various studies showed that the newborn care in the communities include knowledge and the practices of the simple care e.g. prevention of hypothermia, feeding of colostrum and exclusive breastfeeding, are lacking. Therefore, it is necessary for the mother and family to understand these aspects of childbirth and newborn care and be prepared to react for the potential dangers. A Pre-experimental “single group pretest post-test design” was adopted in the study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program (STP) on knowledge regarding new born care among post-natal mothers in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar. The objectives of the study were to assess the pretest- post-test level of knowledge, to compare the pre-test- post-test level of knowledge among postnatal mothers regarding new born care in maternity ward of Guru Nanak Dev hospital, Amritsar and to find out the association between level of post-test knowledge score of post-natal mother in relation to selected socio demographic variables. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on General System Theory as postulated by Von Ludwig Bertanlanffy. Sample size of 60 postnatal mothers was selected using Purposive sampling technique. A STP was developed and administered to enhance knowledge regarding newborn care among postnatal mothers. On the basis of STP, A structured interview schedule questionnaire containing 30 multiple choice questions was developed by investigator for data collection. Findings of the study indicated that there was a significant improvement between pre and post-test knowledge at P>0.05 level in new born care among Primi Gravid Post Natal Mothers but the mean gain in knowledge scores among study subjects were not significantly (p> 0.05) related to their selected Socio demographic variables i.e. age, religion, educational status, occupation, family income, type of family, utilization of health services were not found statistically significant.

Keywords: Postnatal mothers, newborn care

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jopnn.v1i1.29

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