Knowledge, attitude and practice of kangaroo mother care among mothers in the neonatal wards of a tertiary care center

High rates of unplanned pregnancies are due to continued gaps in awareness and access to contraception. An exemplary health care infrastructure would play a major role in resolving this issue. To investigate knowledge, attitude and practice towards contraception among medical students in a tertiary care center of Karnataka. A cross-sectional study was conducted including 100 undergraduate medical students during September 2018 to February 2019 using predesigned questionnaire on contraception and analyzed using percentages. Nearly 93% of students chose condom as best way to prevent sexually transmitted infections and 47% chose emergency contraceptive pills as risk factor for ectopic pregnancy. Failure rates of natural methods was 20-25% according to 33% of the students. Majority of participants believed that both sexes have equal responsibility for contraception and chose intrauterine contraceptive devices as best contraception for nulliparous women. Oral contraceptive pills had least failure rates as per 70% of the subjects compared to diaphragm, condom or natural methods. Irregular bleeding was considered as most common side effect of oral contraceptives by half of participants while 91% thought condoms were best for couples who were not regularly sexually active. Around 84% of undergraduates preferred to consult a doctor for contraceptive advice and were comfortable discussing contraception with partner. Overall, students had reasonably good knowledge on contraception. Similar studies in future would pave the way for upgrading current health curriculum to strengthen knowledge base of future clinicians.

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF KANGAROO MOTHER CARE AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF HARARI REGION, HARAR, ETHIOPIA

Public Health of Indonesia ◽

10.36685/phi.v6i4.355 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 116-122

Author(s):

Arif Hussen Jamie

Keyword(s):

Sample Size ◽

Care Center ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Kangaroo Mother Care ◽

Tertiary Care Centre ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Skin Contact ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Postnatal Mothers ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a method was invented by Dr. Rey in 1978 and developed by Dr. Martinez and Dr. Navarrete until 1994. It is holding a small nappy neonate in skin to skin contact, prone and upright on the maternal chest. At first it was developed to alleviate overcrowding, and insufficient resources in neonatal intensive care units. But today it is formally approved by WHO.Objective: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of Kangaroo mother care among postnatal mothers in a tertiary care center of Harari region, Harar, Ethiopia, 2020.Method: An institution based cross-sectional study method was conducted in Hiwot-Fana Specialized Referral Hospital in Harar town. Sample size was calculated by using single population proportion sample formula and the final sample size was 166. The study subject was selected by using consecutive sampling method, and adopted data collection tool was used. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive analyses were performed and bivariate analyses were used to find out the association of independent variables.Results: There was 82.53% of mothers had good knowledge, 82.53% had positive attitude towards KMC, 32.12% practiced KMC correctly. The participants also reported the benefits of KMC, such as protection from infection, warmth to the baby, exclusive breast feeding, weight gain and growth, early discharge from hospital, safety and love.Conclusion: The finding of this study showed that there was a clear gap in knowledge and practice. Therefore, it is very important to have health education sessions during ANC follow-up on KMC. A qualitative research to explore temporal relationship is also recommended.

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TO STUDY THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF BREASTFEEDING AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER OF SOUTH INDIA

Indian Journal of Child Health ◽

10.32677/ijch.2020.v07.i03.005 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 07 (03) ◽

pp. 113-116

Author(s):

Sudha Rudrappa ◽

Hunasagahally Nagaraju ◽

Yashwanth Raju ◽

Mukkanara Yathiraju Kavya

Keyword(s):

South India ◽

Care Center ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Tertiary Care Center ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Postnatal Mothers ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF EPILEPSY AMONG NURSING FACULTY AND STUDENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN RAJASTHAN

Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare ◽

10.18410/jebmh/2015/1037 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (43) ◽

pp. 7673-7679

Author(s):

Sureka R K ◽

Amit Agarwal ◽

Surbhi Chaturvedi ◽

Kuldeep Singh Yadav ◽

Sandeep Kumar

Keyword(s):

Nursing Faculty ◽

Care Center ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Tertiary Care Center ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of Kangaroo mother care among post-natal mothers in a tertiary care centre of Mangalore, Karnataka, India

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ◽

10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20191042 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 999

Author(s):

Paras Gulati ◽

Sinchana Bhat ◽

Roshan Maben ◽

Santhosh T. Soans

Keyword(s):

Low Cost ◽

Care Center ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Kangaroo Mother Care ◽

Maternal Knowledge ◽

Tertiary Care Centre ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a practical low-cost intervention which is very cost effective in developing countries for babies weighing less than 2500g. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of post-natal mothers of LBW babies after giving a teaching session by trained personnel in a tertiary care center in Karnataka.Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study of 90 mothers whose neonates were weighing less than 2.5kg from May to October 2018.Mothers were interviewed at enrolment and were assessed about their knowledge and were oriented on its practice.Results: At recruitment (95.5%) mothers did not know about KMC.80% of mothers followed in first sitting and 86.6% of the mothers felt photo exhibition was better than verbal.96.6% of mothers thought KMC is beneficial and it was believed that other family members can even provide KMC.Conclusions: Maternal knowledge was low before now they are happily practicing KMC in hospital and thereafter at home.

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