A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM REGARDING BREASTFEEDING KNOWLEDGE AMONG POSTNATAL WARD IN SELECTED HOSPITAL

Author Name: 1. Mr. Sagar Borkar 2. Ms. Snehal Satpute 3. Ms. Devika Satish 4. Mr. Rushikesh Joshi 5. Mr. Tejas Tadas

Volume/Issue: 06/07

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2025-25829453/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Associate Professor, SMBT, Institute of Nursing, Nashik, India.
2. -5. Faculty of Nursing, SMBT, Institute of nursing, Nashik,

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Breastfeeding is an art and skills which need to be learnt and mastered. This skill has to be learnt and followed by mothers not only to feed their infants but also to avoid breastfeeding complications. One of the important steps in breastfeeding technique is helping the baby to latch on the breast correctly. A good latch eliminates the problem of sore nipples and proper breastfeeding reduces the chances of other breastfeeding complications. Some primiparous inexperienced mothers need some help and should be made aware about the importance of breastfeeding and its techniques during the antenatal period, so as to prevent complications in the later periods. Problem of statement: A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program regarding breastfeeding knowledge among postnatal ward in selected hospital. Objectives: Evaluate the effectiveness of teaching program on knowledge regarding breast feeding problems among postnatal mothers. Find out the association between pretest knowledge scores among postnatal mothers with their selected demographic variables. To find out the association between the findings and selected Socio- demographic variables. Material and Method: Its Pre- Experimental Design, One group pre and post- test design without control group was selected as the research design for the study. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 adolescent girls in selected secondary school, Dhamangaon as the sample for the study. A sample of 30 adolescent girls who meet the inclusion criteria were selected from the target population for the study. In the present study of posttest were 30 in this result 0% in the poor and average level of knowledge 0% the scoring between 4-6 in good category was among 0%. The scoring between in very good category was 7-10 and excellent result with scoring 100% is 15-20.

Key words: Knowledge, Breastfeeding, Postnatal mothers