International Journal of Pediatric Nursing
A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Mother and Child Protection Card Among Antenatal Mothers Visiting Antenatal OPD at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Kuppam, AP
1Associate Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing1, PES College of Nursing, Kuppam, AP
2Assistant professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing2, PES College of Nursing, Kuppam, AP
3 Principal PES College of Nursing, Kuppam, AP
4Assistant professor, Department of Community Health Nursing4, PES College of Nursing, Kuppam, AP
5Professor, Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing, PES College of Nursing, Kuppam, AP
6,7,8,9,10 4th year B.sc nursing students, PES College of Nursing, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Abstract
Background and Aims: Mother and child protection card is a maternal and child health indicator and tracking system, the main aim of the study is assessing the knowledge regarding mother and child protection card among antenatal mothers admitted at Tertiary care hospital. Material and Methods: Quantitative research design was used and selected 90 antenatal mothers who met with the inclusion criteria, received structured questionnaire on MCP card for 45 minutes. Results: Showed the analysis of posttest knowledge scores of postnatal mothers reveled the comparisons of calculated paired t test values of mean SD and “t” and p-values of pretest and posttest knowledge scores on kangaroo mother care reveals that the posttest mean score were 40.09 with a SD of 19.8 and pretest mean 25.1 with a SD of 12.43, the “t” value 2.02 was and p-value were significant at the level of 0.023. This shows effectiveness of structured teaching program on kangaroo mother care among postnatal mother. Conclusion: The study was carried out to assess the knowledge regarding mother and child protection card among antenatal mothers. The overall percentage and mean knowledge scores on Mother and Child Protection card among antenatal mothers in the study was low. So, it can conclude that the knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding Mother and Child Protection card is inadequate.
Keywords: Mother and child protection card, antenatal mothers, quantitative method, pretest and posttest knowledge scores, kangaroo mother care
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