Effectiveness of postnatal health education package among mothers

Abstract

The objectives of the study were:To assess the effectiveness of postnatal health education package regarding postnatal and newborn care on knowledge, perception and practice among postnatal mothers, to correlate among the level of knowledge ,perception and practice, to associate the post-test knowledge, perception and practice regarding postnatal and newborn care among postnatal mothers in the experimental and control group with their selected demographic variables. Material and methods: post-test only design was used in the study. Purposive sampling method were used to select postnatal mothers. Data was collected by face to face interview using a structured and pre-tested 34 knowledge questionnaire, perception scale (20 point) and practice scale (16 point) in the experimental and control group. Postnatal health education administered to experimental group mothers. Post test was conducted after 14 days after intervention. Result and findings: the mean posttest knowledge score (29.91 ± 4.54) of the experimental group was greater than the mean post-test knowledge score (22.35 ± 10.04) of the control group with the mean difference of 7.56.. Hence there is significance difference in the mean post-test knowledge scores. The mean post-test perception score (68.45 ± 7.44) of the experimental group was greater than the mean post-test knowledge score (63.66 ± 4.87) of the control group with the mean difference of 4.79.. the mean post-test practice score (27.60 ± 3.12) of the experimental group was greater than the mean post-test practice score (25.02 ± 1.8) of the control group with the mean difference of 2.58. Conclusion: The present study concluded that the structured teaching programme was effective in enhancing the knowledge, perception and practice of postnatal mothers regarding postnatal care and new-born care. Awareness was created among the postnatal mothers. Keywords: Postnatal care, Knowledge, Perception, Practice, Postnatal care, Newborn care, Postnatal health education package. newline