TAILIEUCHUNG - Assessment of infant care practices and effectiveness of structured teaching programme on 3-6 month infant care in a selected ward in Malappuram, India

Infancy is a critical period in the life of every individual owing to the various adjustments that need to be made for extra uterine survival. Therefore, mortality rates are also very high in this one year period. Good care practices go a long way in reducing morbidity and mortality in this period. A cross sectional study was undertaken on a cohort group of mothers with 3 month old infants to assess their care practices and to determine the effectiveness of a structured teaching programme on good infant care in ward No. 3 of Ponmala Panchayath in Malappuram. Objectives of the study are to assess the infant care practices & to determine the effectiveness of a structured teaching programme on Good infant care to mothers with 3 month old infants. A total of all available mothers with 3 month old infants (16 Nos.) in the mentioned ward were included in the study. A structured interview schedule was used to assess care practices. After pretest, STP on good infant care was provided. After a period of one week, post test data was collected. Significant desirable practices identified were nonuse of prelacteals (except Mecca Water) and exclusive breast feeding. Significant undesirable practices identified included improper breast feeding technique, use of cradles for night time sleep and use of cold water for infant bath. T test was used to assess effectiveness of STP and it was significant at level. This study revealed the prevailing infant care practices and the need for sustained education on infant care. | Assessment of infant care practices and effectiveness of structured teaching programme on 3-6 month infant care in a selected ward in Malappuram, India

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• Infant care practice
• Structured teaching programme
• Structured interview schedule
• Structured teaching programme
• Infant care
• Medical Care
• Preterm Infant
• Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Developmental Care
• High Risk infant
• The NICU High Risk Infant
• BMC Pediatrics
• Sudden infant death
• Risk factor
• Sleep related infant mortality
• Infant care practices
• Safe infant sleep
• Public health recommendation
• Reliability of neonatal infant pain scale
• National infant pain scale
• Neonatal intensive care
• Validity evaluation
• Multilevel linear regression
• Quality care
• Neonatal care
• Maternal care
• Patient provider communication
• Person centred care
• Newborn care
• Infant mortality
• Indicated intervention
• Parenting education
• Early intervention
• Preventive intervention
• Maternal sensitivity
• Postnatal depression
• Infant social withdrawal
• Family integrated care
• Neonatal intensive care unit
• Mobile application
• Family centered care
• Birth testing
• Point of care
• Postnatal care
• Treatment immediately
• Social media
• Anticipatory guidance
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Sudden infant death syndrome
• SIDS reduction
• Bi cultural
• Qualitative research
• Preterm infants
• Bayley scales of infant development
• Systematic review
• Child health care intervention
• Preventing brachycephaly
• Nonsynostotic plagiocephaly
• Prevent sudden infant death
• Nutrition in Healthy Children
• Growth and Development
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Renal and Cardiovascular
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
• Skill and Creativity
• Immunotherapies
• Vaccines
• Envelope Specific
• Antibody and Vaccine
• Vaccine Efficacy
• Cytokines and Chemokines
• Effectiveness of Assisted
• Reproduction Techniques
• Premature and Sick Newborn
• Long Term Effects
• Breastfeeding
• Breastfeeding and Infant Growth
• Forwarding
• Parasitic Diseases
• Transmission Biology
• Myxozoa
• Metazoan Parasaites
• European Sea Bass
• support and pressures
• government mandates
• Bronchiolitis hospitalization
• Congenital heart disease
• Hospital discharge
• World Health Organization’s
• Socioeconomic status
• Randomized controlled trial
• Childhood obesity
• Gestational diabetes mellitus
• Physical activity
• Maternal gestational diabetes
• Infant admission
• Avoidable readmission
• Physiological jaundice
• Premature infant
• Mouth abnormalities
• Dentofacial deformities
• Neonatal intensive care units
• Enteral nutrition
• Blood gas analysis
• Bland Altman plot
• Deming regression analysis
• HIV infection
• Early infant diagnosis
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission
• Mother to child transmission