Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude of Postnatal Mothers regarding Kangaroo Mother Care at Selected Maternity Hospital, Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

Background: Kangaroo care also called skin-to-skin contact is defined as a method of holding a small neonate in skin to skin contact, prone and up right on the maternal chest. The neonate is enclosed in maternal clothing in order to maintain temperature stability. Methodology: A quantitative research approach with pre experimental one group pre test post test design was used. 75 postnatal mothers selected by purposive sampling technique admitted at Maternity Hospital SKIMS Soura, Srinagar Kashmir. Results: The mean post test knowledge score (35.20±5.167) of the study subjects was significantly higher than that of mean pre test knowledge score (10.47±4.833) at 0.05 level of significance. There was significant association between selected demographic variables like educational status, occupation and residence with the pre test knowledge score p≤0.05. The mean post test attitude score (57.01±4.557) of the study subjects was significantly higher than that of mean pre test attitude score (33.11±3.443) at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: Postnatal mothers had poor knowledge and attitude scores regarding kangaroo mother care. The video assisted teaching programme was found to be effective in improving the knowledge and attitude scores of study subjects, hence there was dire need to educate them regarding kangaroo mother care.