Abstract

Essential care of the normal healthy neonate can be best provided by the mothers under supervision of nursing personnel or basic primary health care provider. About 80% of the newborn baby should be kept with their mothers rather than in a separate nursery. Objectives: 1. To assess the level of knowledge among postnatal mothers regarding newborn care at selected hospital. 2. To find the association between level of knowledge among postnatal mothers regarding newborn care with their selected Socio-demographic variables. Design and Method: A quantitative approach using non-experimental research design. 40 Postnatal mothers were selected using simple random probability sampling at selected hospital, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Self-structured multiple choice questionnaire on socio-demographic variables and knowledge regarding newborn care were used for data collection. Result: The study reveals that no postnatal mother (0%) has poor knowledge, 8(20%) has average knowledge, 25(62.5%) has good knowledge and 7(17.5%) has excellent level of knowledge. The chi-square value in number of child is 15 at degree of freedom 4, which is greater than the Table value 9.49 at 0.05 level of significance and previous knowledge is 7.92 at degree of freedom 3, which is greater than Table value 7.82 at 0.05 level of significance whereas; age, education, family type, family income and area of residence is found to be not-significant. Hence, the null hypothesis is rejected for previous knowledge about newborn care and number of child, while accepted for others. Discussion: The present study concluded that the postnatal mothers’ had an average knowledge level regarding newborn care.

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