Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) among Postnatal Mothers in Dhiraj Hospital, Vadodara

KMC started in 1978 in Colombia as a way of dealing with overcrowding and scarcity of resources in hospitals caring for low birth weight infants. Currently the intervention comprises two components: kangaroo position (skin-to-skin contact), kangaroo nutrition (exclusive breast-feeding). Different authors have adopted and adapted diverse components of the KMC to suit the particular needs of their parents. We discuss different modalities of kangaroo care reported in developed and in developing countries and also describe in some detail the components of the whole KMC program. In addition, results from a systematic review of kangaroo-related papers published in English between 1991 and 1995 are provided, together with a summary of current knowledge (evidence-based) and research needs.

50 post natal mothers were selected through non-probability convenient sampling technique. Existing knowledge was assessed through a pretest after which they were given a PTP on knowledge regarding KMC. A posttest was conducted after a week through the same tool as administered during pretest. The module covered aspects on care in KMC: definition. Components, benefits, preparation, position. Benefits of KMC. The pretest test and posttest score were compared and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics.

Comparison between the pre-test and post-test scores was obtained by paired't ’test. To test the hypotheses the level of significance was set at 0.05 level of significance. The value of "t" was calculated to analyze the difference in knowledge of the post natal mothers with their pre-test and post-test scores after calculation "t" calculated 18.87 is more than "t" table 1.699 at the 0.05 level of significance so it shows the very highly significant and association between pretest and posttest knowledge score of post natal mothers.

To find out an association of pretest and posttest knowledge score of with their socio demographic variable the mean, SD, "p" value, "t" value are calculated and result of study reveals that there is no any significant association of age group, gender, and economic condition with pre and posttest knowledge of respondents but there is significant association between place of residence and source of previous knowledge of respondents with their pre and posttest knowledge score.

The planned teaching programme on KMC was found to be effective in increasing the knowledge in post natal mothers. The sample had highly significant gain in knowledge in all the content areas KMC among post natal mothers. Planned teaching programme in the form health education is an effective method of educating the post natal mother.