Background of the study: It is essential to educate the mothers properly to make them aware of the care before, during pregnancy and after delivery to prevent complications and reduce the maternal morbidity and mortality rate. Objective: This study aim to evaluate the awareness of prevention of puerperal infection among postnatal mothers. Methods: A pre-experimental study was conducted at Chainray Mhaila hospital Haridwar Uttarakhand, Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample, one group pre-test post-test design was used for the study to accomplish the objectives. The sample consisted of 62 postnatal mothers. They were chosen by Purposive sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used followed by structured teaching programme. Results: The study show that in pre test majority in participants 51(82%) had average knowledge in post test majority of participant 43(69%) had good level of knowledge .on comparing mean post test knowledge score (19.3± 3.86) was more than mean pre test knowledge score (11.6 ± 3.0) which calculated by paired z test (19.83) at p<0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: This study shows that structured teaching programme was effective to enhance the knowledge of postnatal mother regarding prevention of puerperal infection.
Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Postnatal Mothers
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