Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge of Post-natal Mothers Regarding Danger Signs in New Born in a Selected Hospital, Bangalore

Abstract

An individual’s physical and mental well-being depends on the correct management of events in the perinatal period. The involvement of mothers and community health workers in detecting and assessing the danger signs in newborns is significant. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a structured teaching programme on danger signs in newborns. Research Design: Pre-experimental research design, one group pre-test and post-test were adopted, whereas 80 post-natal mothers were adopted. Method: Non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data Collection Tool: Baseline variables are assessed. A structured questionnaire was used to assess mothers' knowledge regarding danger signs in newborns. Result: Structured teaching programme was found to be effective in increasing the knowledge scores - pre-test mean score was 10.70 + 2.73, whereas the post-test mean score was 14.05 +-1.59. It was found to be statistically significant at p<0.001. Conclusion: It also stressed the need for introducing such teaching programmes among post-natal mothers to identify and reduce the occurrence of danger signs in newborns as early as possible.