International Journal of Nursing Education and Research

Shivaleela P. Upashe ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nursing, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Post Box No: 395, Wollega University, Nekemte, ET

Abstract

Background: Nearly 50% of all newborn deaths occur during the neonatal period. Half of this death occurs in the first seven days due to pre-maturity, neonatal tetanus, birth asphyxia and infections, which can be prevented by proper and timely care of the new born. The present study was designed to assess the knowledge on essential newborn care among primipara mothers at District Hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka, India.

Methodology: The data were collected on knowledge of primipara mothers of new born baby's. It is believed that mothers were the first nurse who take care and met the primary needs of the new born babies during wellness and illness. Sample size was 100 primipara mothers. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw the sample. The data collection was done by interview method, using structured knowledge questionnaire which includes 40 questions of knowledge regarding essential new born care with scoring pattern of one for each correct answer and zero for incorrect response.

Results: The results of the study were indicating about 25% of mothers had good knowledge, 64% mothers had moderate knowledge and 11% of mothers had poor knowledge related to essential new born care.

Conclusions: Further research warranted for improving the level of knowledge among primipara mothers related to essential newborn care.

Keywords

Primipara, Newborn, Knowledge, Scoring, Tumkur.

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Shivaleela P. Upashe ¹, Rahul Shil ²

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor, Department of Child Health Nursing, Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nitte Deemed to be University, Mangalore-575018, Karnataka,, IN
2 Assistant Professor Cum Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing (Neuroscience), College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru-560078, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

In the globe, under-five children experience on average 3.2 episodes of diarrhea every year and consequently, 1.87 million children will die from dehydration associated with diarrheal disease. And in developing countries, diarrheal disease among under-five children accounts for about 21% of all deaths. Therefore, under-five children are susceptible to diarrhea-related death if proper measures are not taken. In India up to two-third of total pediatric admissions are due to diarrheal disease and, up to 17% of all deaths in indoor pediatric patients are associated with dehydration-related diarrhea. Thus the researchers conducted research on knowledge, and attitude on the prevention of diarrhea among the mothers of under-five children in selected hospitals at, Bengaluru. A total of 75 mothers were recruited randomly. A Descriptive research design with cross–sectional approach was used in this study. Structured knowledge questionnaire and 5 point attitude rating scales developed by the investigator were used to collect data. The study findings showed that 40 mothers (53.3) had inadequate knowledge, 30 (40.0%) had moderate knowledge and only 5 (6.7%) had adequate knowledge about diarrhea and regarding attitude12 mothers (16%) expressed a moderate level of attitude, 63 (84%) had inadequate attitude and none of them had a high level of attitude towards prevention of diarrhea.

Keywords

Under-five children, Diarrhea, Knowledge, Attitude, Dehydration.

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Lucreatia Rynjah ¹, R. Amitha ¹, Shivaleela P. Upashe ², Tsering Lamho ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru - 560078, Karnataka, IN
2 Associate Professor, Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru - 560078, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Background of the study: Oral hygiene is the regular practice of keeping one's mouth clean and free of disease and other problems (e.g. bad breath) by regular brushing of the teeth (dental hygiene) and cleaning between the teeth. It is very important that oral hygiene shall be carried out on a regular basis to enable the prevention of dental diseases and bad breath. Objectives of the study: To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program onknowledge regarding oral hygiene among school age children. Methods: Pre experimental, one group pre and post test design was adopted in this study. The sample were chosen by non-probabilityconveniencesampling technique followed by purposivesampling method, consist of 40 school age childrens. The study was conducted at St Philomena English School, Kumaraswamy layout, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Self- structured knowledge questionnaire is given to assess the knowledge on oral hygiene. Which followed by a planned teaching program on oral hygiene and administering the same questionnaire to assess the post test. Results: The findings of the study showed that the overall mean post-test knowledge score regardingoral hygiene among school age children was 15.35% with SD of 4.86 was significantly higher than the mean of pre-test 6.65% with SD of 2.17. Computed paired t-value 11.9 was higher than the table value 2.02 at p <0.05 level, there was significant association was found between the pre-test and post-test knowledge score. The results of the study revealed that majority of the respondents had inadequate knowledge regarding oral hygiene 14(35%) Moderate knowledge 1(2.5%) in the pre-test level. A Total 23(57.5%) had moderateand15(37.5%) had adequate knowledge regarding oral hygiene in the post test level. Conclusion: School-based oral health education interventions can have positive impacts on behavioural outcomes among children.our study concluded that the planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding oral hygiene among school age children in selected school, Bangalore was found to be effective in the enhancing knowledge of school age children as evidenced by the significant change between pre-test and post-test knowledge score.

Keywords

Oral Hygiene, Knowledge, Planned teaching Programme, School age children.

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