Background: Low birth weight is one of the important causes for the high infant mortality rate in developing countries. In India during the year 1991, the IMR was 80 per 1000 live births & neonatal mortality rate (NMR) was 51 per 1000 live births.LBW babies have been reported to lag behind their heavier counterpart in development for the rest of their lives. Objective: The present study attempted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding management of low birth weight (LBW) babies among postnatal mothers. Methods: In the present study, evaluative research approach was selected; one group pre-test and post-test design was adopted. The structured interview schedule on management of low birth weight (LBW) babies among postnatal Mothers was used to collect the data. The main study was conducted at Kedarpur and Barai rural community Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, with the sample size of 40 postnatal mothers selected by using convenient sampling technique and the collected data were analyzed and interpreted based on descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The overall mean score of the subjects in pre-test was 56.25% with standard deviation 2.80. In post-test, the mean percentage of the Overall means score of the subjects in post-test was 76.25% with standard deviation 2.28. The obtained ‘t’ value was greater than the table value and found to be highly significant at the level of p<0.005. The findings evidenced structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of the postnatal mothers regarding management of low birth weight (LBW) babies. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a significant improvement in the knowledge after structured teaching programme. Thus structured teaching programme is effective in improving the knowledge of the mothers.
Structure teaching programme, Effectiveness, Knowledge, Postnatal mothers, Low birth weight
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