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A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING PROGRAMME (VATP) ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING DANGER SIGNS IN NEW BORN AMONG THE POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN SELECTED HOSPITAL OF GURUGRAM, HARYANA

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Mehak, Ms. Sarika Yadav, Ms. Khushbu, Ms. Jyoti, Dr. Prof. Pity koul
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s3.089

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Mothers who have delivered their baby within 28 days are called as postnatal mothers. The baby from 0-7 days in considered as a newborn. Adaptation to the extra-uterine environment is a challenging task for the newborn, the child can become prone to certain danger signs, if left untreated can lead to neonatal mortality. So, providing knowledge regarding danger signs in newborn is a crucial aspect for the newborn as well as mother. The primary focus of this research is to enable the postnatal mothers to gain knowledge regarding danger signs in newborn and trace the abnormalities at the earliest. Methodology: This research employed an A pre-experimental study was used to evaluate the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching programme in terms of knowledge among postnatal mothers who are admitted in the postnatal ward of SGT Hospital. Non-Probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 postnatal mothers from SGT Hospital. After obtaining informed consent from the postnatal mothers, a Semi-Structured knowledge questionnaire was administered to assess the knowledge of mother regarding danger signs in newborn. The data was analyzed by using Descriptive and Inferential statistics. Result: The pre-test knowledge score of postnatal mothers regarding danger signs in newborn consists of total 36 items which has a mean of 13.85, mean percentage of 39% and standard deviation of 2.154. Out of the total samples80 % had average knowledge, 20% had poor knowledge and no participant had good knowledge. The post-test knowledge score of postnatal mothers regarding danger signs in newborn. The result indicates a mean of 24.15, mean percentage of 69.41% and a standard deviation of 2.898. Out of the total samples 51.7% were having good knowledge, 48.3% were having average knowledge and no participant was having poor knowledge. Conclusion: The research found that Video-assisted teaching programme regarding Danger signs in newborns was found to be effective in improving knowledge of postnatal mothers of selected hospital of Gurugram.

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