A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEED BASED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON CARE OF INFANTS FOR MOTHERS IN ASELECTED COMMUNITY AREA, BANGALORE

MRS. FEBA NESAMANI

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEED BASED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON CARE OF INFANTS FOR MOTHERS IN ASELECTED COMMUNITY AREA, BANGALORE

Mrs. Feba Nesamani

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Infants are small, helpless, and needful newborns and need their parents or caregivers to take care of them. They need a lot of attention. Sometimes, providing that care as a new parent or caregiver can seem daunting. Take a deep eath – it gets easier once you learn about your infant‘s basic needs and how to provide for them. With the emergence of the nuclear family structure, and the absence of the older members of the family at home, mothers often miss out on a much needed, fountain of knowledge support system. New mothers are generally nervous of whether they are fully equipped to provide the new baby all the care and support that the baby deserves. With this background, researcher planned a study to assess the effectiveness of a need based teaching programme on care of infants for mothers in a selected community area, Bangalore. METHOD: The research design of the present study used two designs, The research design that will be used for the (first part) of the study was phenomenological design to assess the needs of mothers regarding the care of infants and focus group discussion for ten mothers was conducted and convenient sampling technique was used. In the main study (second part) a pre experimental one group pre test, post test design was used to assess the effectiveness teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding care of infants. Data collection was done from 40 mothers and purposive sampling technique was used. The results were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. RESULTS: Study revealed that, there was a significant difference between the post test knowledge score of mothers on care of infants. The obtained "t" value 36.184 is greater than the table value at 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, "t" value is found to be significant. It means there is gain in Knowledge level of mothers regarding care of infants. CONCLUSION: Overall observation showed that the Structured Teaching Programmed on Infant care was effective in enhancement of knowledge score of the mothers.From this it can be concluded that structured teaching programme on care of infants is an effective tool in increasing knowledge of mothers.