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Knowledge Regarding Care of Low Birth Weight Babies Among Final Year GNM Students of a Selected Nursing College in Belgaum, Karnataka

Shweta Angadi, Sudha Raddi, Shivarajkumar Dandagi

Abstract


A descriptive study was conducted among 30 final year GNM students who met the inclusion criteria. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of final year GNM students regarding care of low birth weight babies by using structured knowledge questionnaire and to find the association between knowledge score and selected demographic variables. Convenient sampling technique was used for selecting the sample and a descriptive design was adopted. Data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. The findings revealed that the knowledge of majority of the students was average. Only a few of them had good knowledge regarding care of low birth weight babies and there was no statistically significant association between and knowledge scores and demographic variables like age, sex, religion, source of information.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jopnn.v1i2.66

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