Effectiveness of Health Intervention on Birth Preparedness on Knowledge and Outcome of Pregnancy among Primi Antenatal Mother in Selected Hospital of Pune

Abstract

Background of the Study: Birth preparedness and complication readiness is a strategy to promote the timely use of skilled maternal and neonatal care, especially during child birth based on the theory that preparing for childbirth and being ready for complication and reduce delay in obtaining care Annual global estimate of 287,000 maternal deaths were recorded in 2010 as a result of complication of pregnancy and childbirth. Methodology: In the present study Quantitative research approach is applied approach is applied and quasi experimental pre –test post-test design is used sample all primi mother sample size 60 primi mother sampling technique non- probability convenience sampling setting the selection of study setting is on the basis of the feasibility of conducting study and availability of sample. Study will be conducted in Talera and Bhosri hospital, PCMC,Pune Results:Birth preparedness and complication since all the p-values are large (greater than 0.05), none of the demographic variables was found to have significant association with the mode of delivery Maternal complication during labor.In the present study pretest, 20% of the primi antenatal mothers had poor knowledge (Score 0-3), 66.7% of them had average knowledge (score 4-6) and 13.3% of them had good knowledge (score 7-10) regarding birth preparedness. In post-test, 5% of them had average knowledge (score 4-6) and 95% of them had good knowledge (score 7-10) regarding birth preparedness. Conclusion: In this study indicates that the knowledge of the women regarding birth preparedness improved remarkably after health intervention Researcher applied paired t-test for the effectiveness of health intervention on Knowledge of woman regarding birth preparedness among antenatal mother