• Jasbir Kaur
• Dr. Priyanka Chaudhary
• Dr. Rajwant Kaur Randhawa

The first week after birth is a time of major metabolic and physiological adaptation for newborn infants. Neonatal sepsis continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide due to the lack of adequate preventive and therapeutic strategies in low income settings and due to the increased survival of preterm and low-weight newborns. Present study aims to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding reducing risk of neonatal infection among postnatal mothers at selected hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. Pre-experimental (One group pre-test post-test) design was utilized to accomplish the objectives of the study. A total of 50 postnatal mothers were selected for the study by using convenience sampling technique. Demographic variables and structured knowledge questionnaire was administered to collect the pre-test data. Structured teaching programme on reducing risk of neonatal infection was given to postnatal mothers and post-test data was collected using the same questionnaire after 10 days. Results reveals that 28(56%) had poor knowledge and 22(44%) had average knowledge while in post-test that 15(30%) had average knowledge and 35(70%) had good knowledge. Findings indicate that structured teaching programme was effective and shows significant improvement in post-test knowledge regarding reduction of neonatal infection among postnatal mothers. Mother plays a vital role in newborn care, they should have necessary knowledge in all the aspects of newborn care, thereby the study suggests that mothers should be educated on prevention of neonatal infection and preventive strategies to be implemented to prevent neonatal infection.

Knowledge, Neonatal infection, Postnatal mothers

"A pre-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding reducing the risk of neonatal infection among postnatal mothers in selected hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.e77-e89, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112412.pdf

"A pre-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding reducing the risk of neonatal infection among postnatal mothers in selected hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppe77-e89, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112412.pdf