• Mr. Gourav singh
• Prof. Dr. Dipti shukla

The basic food of an infant is mother’s milk. Breastfeeding is the most effective way to provide a baby with a caring environment and complete food. It meets the nutritional as well as emotional and psychological needs of the infant. But there is a tendency to replace the natural means of infant feeding with the introduction of breast milk substitutes. So breastfeeding deserves encouragement from all concerned with the welfare of children. UNICEF stated that every year, one million infants die and millions of others are impaired, because they are not adequately breastfed. Every day between 3000 and 4000 infants die from diarrhea and acute respiratory infections because the ability to feed them adequately has been taken away from their mothers. Any damage caused by nutritional deficiencies in first 2 years of life is detrimental to a child’s growth and development and could lead to impaired cognitive development, compromised educational achievement, and low economic productivity. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the knowledge regarding breastfeeding among the mothers of under-two-year-old children.2. To assess the effectiveness of an information booklet on knowledge regarding breastfeeding among the mothers of under-two-year-old children.3. To associate the pre-test knowledge cores with their selected sociodemographic variables. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS: -The entire hypothesis will be tested at the 0.05 level of significance H1: The mean post-test knowledge score is significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score.H2: There is significant association between pre-test knowledge scores and their selected socio-demographic variables. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: -In view of the nature of the problem and the objectives of the present study, a quantitative-evaluative research approach was considered to be most effective. The research design selected for this study was a quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test design to assess the effectiveness of an information booklet on knowledge regarding breastfeeding among mothers of under-two-year-old children admitted in selected wards, i.e., the pediatric and maternity wards at V.P.I.M.S., Lucknow. By using the purposeful sampling technique, a total of 65 mothers of under-two-year-old children were selected for data collection. Written consent was obtained from all samples. In this study, the independent variable was “an information booklet regarding breastfeeding,” and dependent variable was “knowledge regarding breastfeeding” among mothers of under-two-year-old children. The data collection was done by conducting a pre-test with a self-structured knowledge questionnaire regarding breastfeeding, and on the same day, an information booklet was distributed to the samples. After a 3-day interval, a post-test was conducted with the same self-structured knowledge questionnaire. The mean post-test knowledge scores of mothers were 25.72, and mean pre-test knowledge score was 15.80. The ‘z’ value was computed, i.e. -7.007 and p-value<0.001. This shows that the difference between pre-test and post-test scores of mothers was a true difference and not by chance. Hence, null hypothesis Ho1 rejected, thus research hypothesis H1 was accepted. Chi square was used to calculate the association between the pretest knowledge scores and their selected socio-demographic variables. There is association between the knowledge scores and sociodemographic variables like: age in year (α = 0.021), education (α = 0.040), occupation (α = 0.002), and family income per month (0.018) regarding breastfeeding. Here, the p-value is in each case is greater than 0.05 (level of significance). CONCLUSION: -Based on the study findings; the investigator has drawn a conclusion. In this chapter, the investigator deals with the nursing implications of the study and the limitations that the investigator experienced during the study. The experience of the investigator during the study and the findings helped the investigator give suggestions and recommendations for further study.

Keywords: - Assess, Knowledge, effectiveness, information booklet.

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING BREASTFEEDING AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER TWO-YEAR CHILDREN ADMITTED IN SELECTED WARDS AT RSDS., LUCKNOW”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.g323-g330, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402643.pdf

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING BREASTFEEDING AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER TWO-YEAR CHILDREN ADMITTED IN SELECTED WARDS AT RSDS., LUCKNOW”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no. ppg323-g330, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402643.pdf