STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFCTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHER REGARDING CARE OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABY IN SELECTED HOSPITAL AT TUMKUR

Background: Mortality and term morbidity in extremely low birth weight in north India 231 low birth weight infants were collected from a prospectively maintained electronic data base by using standard definition the mean 27.9% major morbidity includes respiratory distress syndrome and other health problems. Objectives: To assess the pre-test knowledge of mother regarding care and management of low birth weight baby. Methods: The evaluative approach with pre experimental one group pre test and post test design was adopted in order to evaluate the effectiveness of structure teaching program on knowledge regarding care of low birth weight baby among 60 samples by The convenient sampling technique at selected hospital of tumkur, demographic Performa and structured closed ended knowledge questionnaire regarding care of low birth weight baby were used to gather pre and post data, a teaching program on care of low birth weight baby was provided after pre test. The post test was conducted on the seventh day and the data collected from the subjects were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study revealed that post test score is 21.07 (P < 0.001) shows that there is significant increase in the knowledge after STP. The percentage mean difference was 32%.The mothers post test mean knowledge is 28.85 with standard deviation of 3.12.The total effectiveness of STP on Care of low birth weight baby is knowledge was 49.76%. Conclusion: The Findings of the study recommended the further interventional approaches regarding the care of low birth weight baby. Self learning and structured teaching program creates awareness. The present study proved that STP was effective among the mothers of low birth weight baby to increase knowledge about care of low birth weight