Effectiveness Of Planned Teaching Programme On Knowledge Of Postnatal Mothers With Regard To Essential Newborn Care At CHC, Dasapalla, Odisha

Abstract

Newborn care often receives less than optimum attention. Although over the past 25 years, Childsurvival programs
have helped to reduce the death rate among children under age 5, the biggest impact has been on reducing mortality
from diseases that affect infants and children more than 1 month old.
Aim
Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on Knowledge of Postnatal mothers with regard toessential newborn
care
Settings and Design
Experimental approach, a subtype of quantitative approach was used for the One group pre-test post test
experimental design. Non probability convenient-sampling technique was used on 300 post natal mothers .
Results:
In the Knowledge group , the pre-test mean score was 14.5 and post-test mean score was 20. Thecalculated t value
15.5 is significant at 0.05 level. The findings implies that the planned teaching programme has significant effect in
the improvement of knowledge regarding essential newborncare