STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION AGAINST COVID-19 IN ANTENATAL WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC

Author Name: 1. Ms. Vandana Chawhan, 2. Mrs. Gitanjali Manik, 3.Mr. Neelima Sharma, 3. Miss. Neeta Sidar, 3. Mrs. Poomam, 3. Miss. Prerna Mathur, 3. Miss. Priynaka Sahu, 3. Miss Priyanka, 3. Miss Priyaka Tirkey

Volume/Issue: 04/08

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2024-27861936/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Associate Professor, Government Nursing College, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India.
2. Demonstrator, Government Nursing College, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India.
3. B.Sc. Nursing students, Government Nursing College, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India.

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 infection during pregnancy may result in rapid deterioration of health and Pregnant women, and COVID affect the fetus directly. Expert are of the view that the benefits of vaccination to the pregnant women out weight it’s potential risk , but there is lack of knowledge in Pregnant women about covid-19 vaccination that vaccination in Pregnant women builds antibodies that protect their baby. The aim for this study is to assess the pretest knowledge level, assess the posttest knowledge level, and assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program.Variables are – Dependent variable is antenatal women and Independent variables is planned teaching program on immunization.30 Questionnaire for assessing the knowledge of antenatal mother was prepared. In the study the pilot study was conducted in lal bahadur shastri shaskiya chikitsalaya supela Bhilai on 27 / 02/ 2022 and the study sample was 3 antenatal women.The reliability is computed by Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation. This was a Quasi-experimental study in which the study design is one group pretest and posttest research the target population is 30 antenatal women. The study was done in district hospital Durg and sampling technique was nonprobability purposive type. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire was used in our study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on immunization against covid-19 in antenatal women. The main study was conducted on 4/3/2022. This study revealed that 53.3%antenatal women had well and 43.3% antenatal women had moderate, 3.3% antenatal women had average knowledge and 0.0% antenatal mother had poor knowledge after the planned health teaching program. The difference between pretest and posttest knowledge was analyzed by t – test value which reveal the significant 14.90 which was effective 0.05 level of confidence. Hence the planned health teaching program prepared by the investigators was found to be effective by analysis mean difference in improving level of knowledge regarding immunization against covid-19 in antenatal mother.

Key words: Planned Teaching Programme, Immunization, Covid-19, Antenatal Women