Knowledge and Practice Regarding Postnatal Care among Mothers Residing In Selected Slum Area of Dharan, Nepal
Abstract
Postnatal care is one of the most important maternal
health-care services for not only prevention of impairment and
disabilities but also in reduction of maternal mortality. Safemotherhood
report also highlights that the majority of women
in developing countries receive almost no postpartum care. A
descriptive cross sectional study design was adopted for this
study. The sample size was 60 and purposive sampling method
was adopted to select the ward and mothers meeting the
inclusion criteria. Data were collected by using pre-tested; semistructured
interview schedule. The study showed that the
median percentage of overall knowledge regarding postnatal
care among mothers was 51% and that of practices regarding
postnatal care among mothers was 33.3%. This showed that
there was lack of practices in comparison to Knowledge. There
was significant association of knowledge regarding postnatal
care with respondents’ level of education (p value= 0.031),
whereas there was no significant association between practices
regarding postnatal care with other socio-demographic
variables. Knowledge regarding postnatal care had significant
positive correlation with practice that means when knowledge
increased practice also increased. The study conclude that there
is knowledge regarding postnatal care among mothers like
postnatal checkup, hygiene, birth spacing, additional diets,
complications and danger signs;
Whereas there is still lack of knowledge among mothers
regarding postnatal period, postnatal exercise, early
ambulation. There is difference in the overall knowledge (57%)
and practices (68%) regarding postnatal care among mothers.
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