World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HUMAN MILK BANKING AMONG CAREGIVERS OF NEONATES

Thomas Anju*

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective of the study: India faces its own unique challenges. The country is the highest contributor to the global birth cohort, neo-natal mortality rate, and birth of vulnerable infants. Guidelines from International Paediatrics Societies indicate that if the mothers own milk is not available donor milk should be the next choice. The study aims to determine the “Effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge regarding Human Milk Banking among Caregivers of neonates in Intensive Care Unit at vani vilas Hospital, Bengaluru” Methods: Evaluative approach, pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used. The samples of 100 caregivers of neonates were selected at Vani Vilas Hospital Fort, Bengaluru by Non-Probability convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by using a structured interview schedule with structured knowledge questionnaire before and after administration of video assisted teaching. Results: The overall mean percentage score in the pre-test is 8.83 % and in post-test is19.29%. Enhancement in mean percentage score were found to be 10.46%. the statistical paired „t? test indicates that enhancement in the mean percentage knowledge score were found to be significant at 0.05 level for all the aspects under the study. The association is found to be significant between the pre-test knowledge score and selected socio-demographic variables such as Gender, Marital Status, Type of family and Any information regarding Human Milk Banking at 0.05 level (p<0.05) Interpretation and Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of Caregivers of neonates. The mean post-test knowledge score was higher than mean pre-test scores. There was significant improvement in the knowledge after the intervention and it can be concluded that the Video Assisted Teaching was effective invimproving the knowledge of Caregivers of neonates hence, H1 is accepted. There was significant association between the pre-test knowledge score and selected demographical variables such as Gender, Marital Status, Type of family and Any information regarding Human Milk Banking.

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