EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING COLOSTRUM FEEDING & BREAST-FEEDING TECHNIQUE AMONG PRIMIGRAVIDA MOTHERS

Abstract

Colostrum is a liquid with high content of nitrogen, antibodies and vitamins that is secreted from the mammary gland just after giving birth. The change of secretion from colostrum to proper milk takes place gradually during the day after birth. Colostrum feeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the health growth and development of the newborn baby and has unique biological and emotional influence on the health of both mother and child. A thin, clear, viscous secretory material can be found in the acini cells by the third month of gestation. The pre colostrum thickens as term approaches and is then known as colostrum. Colostrum, the creamy, white to yellowish to orange pre milk fluid ,may be expressed from the nipple as early as 16 weeks of gestation. Setting and Design: A quantitative evaluative research approach was used in the current study. A pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test group design. In the present study the setting was the selected hospitals of Bangalore. The target population was primi gravida mothers. The sample and the sample size in the present study is 100 primi gravida mothers from selected hospitals of Bangalore. Non-probability convenient sampling technique was used in the present study. Results: The knowledge score level of primi gravida mothers in pre-test shows that majority of mothers i.e. 95 (95%) have inadequate knowledge, Whereas in post-test the highest number of participants i.e. 92 (92%) have shown adequate knowledge. The comparison of pre-test knowledge level and post-test knowledge level have shown that there is improvement in knowledge level of participants. The pre-test knowledge mean and standard deviation is 5.35±2.50 and the post-test mean and standard deviation is 9.78±2.40. The mean difference calculated as 4.43±.10. The t test value measured as 37.427, and the calculated p value is <0.001. Since the calculated p value (<0.001) is smaller than the assumed p value (>0.05), which indicated that the provided intervention VATP is significantly effective to improve the knowledge level of primi gravida mothers. This indicated that the H1 is accepted for knowledge score, means given intervention the VATP found significantly effective to improve the knowledge level of primi gravida mothers.