Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program Regarding Neonatal Care among Postnatal Mothers at Koheda Rural Community, Hyderabad Rural, Telangana State

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“Effectiveness of structured-teaching program on knowledge regarding neonatal care among postnatal mothers at Koheda rural community, Hyderabad, Telangana State. The objectives of the study: • To assess the knowledge on neonatal care among postnatal mothers by pre-test. • To develop and administer a structured teaching program on neonatal care among postnatal mothers. • To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programs on knowledge-related neonatal care among postnatal mothers by post-test. • To determine the association between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores with selected demographic variables. The researchers' approach adopted for the study was an evaluative approach and the research design adopted was a pre-experimental “ one group pre-test and post-test” design, in this study independent variable is a structured teaching program on neonatal care and knowledge level of postnatal mothers as dependent variable. In the pre-test, most of the mothers (73.33%) scored average and 26.67% of mothers who obtained below-average and above-average knowledge levels in the pre-test were found to be nil. In the post-test, the knowledge scores improved significantly after the structured teaching program 96.7% of mothers obtained above-average scores whereas 3.33% of mothers obtained average scores and none of the mothers scored below-average scores. The findings show that the knowledge of postnatal mothers was improved with a structured teaching program.