Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude RegardingBreastfeeding Practices among Primigravida Mothers in Rahe Community, Ranchi,Jharkhand

Abstract

Background of the study: Breastfeeding practice is a vital part in providing essential nutrients to the infant and child by which the infant and child mortality and morbidity can be reduced. This study shows the knowledge and attitude regarding breastfeeding practices among the primigravida mothers. Methods and materials: Pre experimental design was adopted for this study which included pre-test and post-test design.The samples for the study were selected by non-probability sampling technique. Samples taken were 60 primigravida mothers. The knowledge and attitude of the primigravida mothers was obtained using self-structured questionnaire and attitude checklist. Pre-test was conducted by using structured questionnaire and after 7 days post-test was conducted using the same structured questionnaire for assessing the effectiveness of the planned teaching program on breastfeeding practices. Results: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings for this study are discussed as pre-test and post-test results. Majority of the primigravida mothers (72%) belonged to the age group 18–21 years, 81% belonged to the Hindu religion, 59% of the primi mothers had passed middle school, 56% of them were having family income between 5001–10000 INR, 56% of the mothers had non-vegetarian diet pattern and 51% of the mothers were housewives. Majority of the respondents were having poor knowledge regarding breastfeeding practices when taken pre-test, and after post-test, the respondents had adequate knowledge regarding the breastfeeding practices. Mean percentage of the knowledge score of the post-test was 18.25 which was higher than the pre-test (13.85), and the post-test attitude score was 23.56, also higher than pre-test attitude score (19.02). The‘t’ value for the total pre-test and post-test was 14.89. The correlation between the knowledge and attitude was 0.86 respectively. Conclusion: The planned teaching method was effective in providing adequate knowledge to the primigravida mothers regarding the breastfeeding practices and how essential it is to provide exclusive breastfeeding to the newborn and the child to promote healthy growth and development during the growth period. The above results concluded that the mothers in the community area have less knowledge of the breast feeding importance and techniques which leads to major problems like under nutrition, malnutrition and different others problems in a child. Keywords: Abstract, assessment, attitude, breastfeeding, knowledge, mother,primigravida