• Mrs. Bharat
• Dr. Rajwant Kaur Randhawa
• Dr. Priyanka Chaudhary

TheobjectiveofthestudywastoassesstheeffectivenessofPTP(plannedteaching programme)onwarningsignofpregnancyamongprimigravidamothers.Thedata collectionprocedurewascarriedoutinthemonthofOctoberandNovember2021. Thesample60primigravidamothersweretakenfromPHC,Chaudharywas,Hisar. DemographicVariablesforageatmarriage,age,education,occupation,religion, typesoffamily,dietarypattern,sourceofinformation.Thegathereddatawas analyzedbycalculatingthefrequency,mean,percentage,standarddeviation,t-test andchisquare.Thegraph,andtableswereusedtopresentthefindingsofthestudy. FindingsdepictsthatmajorityPrimigravidamothers46.7%ageatmarriagewas≤20 and53.3%was≥20.Primigravidamothers25%wereintheagegroupof≤20,40% wereintheagegroupof21-25,26.7%wereintheagegroupof26-30,and8.3%were intheagegroupof≥30.Regardstoeducation16.7%ofthemwereilliterate,18.3% werecompletedprimaryeducation,16.7%completedsecondaryeducation,21.7% completedhighersecondaryeducationand26.7%graduate.61.7%primigravida motherswerehousewife,16.7%labour,15%selfemploy,and6.7%govtemploy. Primigravidamothers76.7%werehindus,10% muslims,11.7%sikh,and1.67% Christian.48.3%primigravidawerefromnuclearfamily,28.3%fromjointfamily,and 23.3%fromextendedfamily.40%werevegetarian,50%nonvegetarian,and10% eggetarian.43.3%oftheprimigravidamothersreceivedinformationfromfriendsand relative,16.7%frommassmediaand,15%fromhealthcarepersonneland25%from othersources.30%primigravidamothershadpreviousknowledgeaboutwarning signofpregnancyand70%havenotanypreviousknowledgeaboutwarningsignof pregnancy.Meanpost-testknowledgescoreofprimigravidamotherswere24.11 higherthantheMeanpre-testknowledgescore9.9andstandarddeviationof primigravidamotherswas4.40.Calculated‘t’valueforknowledgescoreof primigravidamotherswas34.96,foundtobestatisticallysignificantat0.05levelof significance.ItrevealsthatPTPwaseffectivetoenhancethelevelofknowledgeon warningsignofpregnancyamongprimigravidamothers.

Knowledge,WarningSign,Pregnancy,Primigravidamother,PTP, Effectiveness

"EFFECTIVENESS OF PTP (PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME) ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING WARNING SIGN OF PREGNANCY AMONG PRIMI GRAVIDA MOTHER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.e614-e622, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201485.pdf

"EFFECTIVENESS OF PTP (PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME) ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING WARNING SIGN OF PREGNANCY AMONG PRIMI GRAVIDA MOTHER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppe614-e622, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201485.pdf