A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Kangaroo Mother Care Among Postnatal Mother in Hospital, Azamgarh (U.P.)

Objective: The study was aimed at evaluating the knowledge gained with 'Structured Teaching Programme' regarding Kangaroo Mother Care among postnatal mother. Methods: In this study from 30 postnatal mothers whose babies admitted in NICU one pretest was taken then 'Structured Teaching Programme’ was conducted after that post-test knowledge was assessed on the basis of structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: Most of the postnatal mothers were having average 50% (15), and 16.66% were good and 33.33% (10) having poor knowledge on kangaroo mother care before implementing structured teaching module. After implementing teaching module majority of the postnatal mothers were having good 53.3%, 46.6% were average while not any have been found to be poor knowledge on kangaroo mother care. Conclusion: It was concluded that structured teaching programmed is effective method the increase the knowledge of postnatal mothers regarding kangaroo mother care.