Effectiveness of an Awareness Programme on Warning Signs During Pregnancy

The wellbeing of the society is directly linked to the health and survival of the mother and child. Although the birth of a child is one of the happiest events in all over the world, yet pregnancy and child birth are associated with the health risks to many women during their reproductive years.

Study the effectiveness of awareness program on warning signs of pregnancy among antenatal mothers.

Quantitative quasi-experimental design was trailed to obtain bias free results. One Hundred antenatal mothers who were aged more than 17 years and first and second trimester of pregnancy were conveniently selected to observe the study variables. Self-developed and validated questionnaire was used to collect the information from the antenatal mothers regarding warning signs of pregnancy.

In pre-test antenatal mothers showed a subnormal (48.2%) knowledge score regarding warning signs of pregnancy. Since, the awareness program was executed among the study participants the mothers knowledge score was raised to conspicuous (71.6%) manner. The inferential statistics demonstrated that the mothers knowledge regarding warning signs of pregnancy was influenced by their age, educational status, occupation, type of family, family monthly income, residence and gravida status at the significant level of p<0.05.

It is evident that awareness program will motivate the antenatal mothers and help them to acquire knowledge about warning signs of pregnancy will promote adequate practice in them to ensure maternal and fetal well-being.