A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING CARE OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES.

Mrs .Sushama Shete; Prof.Mrs.Vaishali.R.Mohite; Mrs.Anagha.V.Katti; Mrs.Vandana Satave

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING CARE OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES.

Mrs . Sushama Shete, Prof. Mrs. Vaishali. R. Mohite, Mrs. Anagha. V. Katti, Mrs. Vandana Satave

Abstract :

A study was conducted by us for the research project entitled “A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding care of low birth weight babies. “There are also many factors that may contribute to low birth weight. A mother who is below 15 years of age has a high risk of having a baby with low birth weight. Around half of the mothers the bear twins or triplets give birth to babies of low birth weight. Babies of mothers who suffer from any major disorders like abnormal uterus or placenta, high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, chronic kidney disease and heart problems and chronic infection are prone to having a low birth weight. A healthy newborn is supposed to weight around 3 to 3.5 kg however in India 25 to30 % of neonate are low birth weight. Low birth weight babies are those who are born with a weight below 2.5kg . Further if a neonate weight below 1.5kg it is classified as being of very are low birth weight and one which less 1 k g is termed as an extremely low birth weight infant. Objectives: 1)To assess the knowledge of mothers regarding care of low birth weight babies before and after administration of planned teaching programme.2)To develop and administer planned teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding the care of Low Birth Weight babies.3)To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge of mothers at rural regarding care of Low Birth Weight babies Material and Methods :A quasi experimental one group pre test and post test was adopted in the present study to accomplish the objectives.The sampling technique used for this study was Purposive sampling technique. Purposive sampling is based on the belief that researchers knowledge about the population can be used to hand pick sample members of 30 mothers. The pre test assessment of knowledge of the mothers was carried out using the structured knowledge questionnaires followed by PT P session regarding care of low birth weight baby. After 7 days the post test was conducted using the same structured knowledge questionnaires. The collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results:The data in the presented in table one shows that in the study maximum number of mothers belonged to age 21–25 years 53.3.%. Majority of samples 66.6%were from Hindu religion. Maximum mothers 80 % was Marathi speakers 866% mothers were from nuclear family 56.6 % mothers were educated up to SSC level ,63.3.% Mothers were residing at rural area 76.6% of their housewife 36.6%mothers family income 2000–4000/ months and 66.6% mothers were taking mixed diet.After the administration of planned teaching the pretest and post test data analysis revealed that mean post score was higher than the mean pretest score. The study conducted that the plan teaching programme was effective in terms of gain in knowledge regarding care of Low Birth Weight babies. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a strong need to create awareness amongst the subjects regarding care of Low Birth Weight babies.