Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program Regarding Neonatal Care among Postnatal Mothers at Koheda Rural Community, Hyderabad Rural, Telangana State

Abstract

“Effectiveness of structured-teaching program on knowledge regarding neonatal care among postnatal mothers at Koheda rural community, Hyderabad, TS. The objectives of the study: -To assess the knowledge on neonatal care among postnatal mothers by pre test. -To develop and administer a structured teaching program on neonatal care among postnatal mothers. -To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programs on knowledge related neonatal care among postnatal mothers by post test. -To determine the association between pre test and post test knowledge scores with selected demographic variables. The researchers' approach adopted for the study was an evaluative approach and the research design adopted was a pre-experimental “ one group pre-test and post-test” design, in this study independent variable is a structured teaching program on neonatal care and knowledge level of postnatal mothers as dependent variable. In the pre-test, most of the mothers (73.33%) scored average and 26.67% of mothers who obtained below-average and above-average knowledge levels in the pre-test were found to be nil. In the post-test, the knowledge scores improved significantly after the structured teaching program 96.7% of mothers obtained above-average scores whereas 3.33% of mothers obtained average scores and none of the mothers scored below-average scores. The findings show that the knowledge of postnatal mothers was improved with a structured teaching program.