2024, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part A
Safe motherhood practices-knowledge among pregnant women: A descriptive study
Kamlesh Rani and Hemant Singh Rana
Background: Childbearing is an important event of a women’s life. Childbirth is a multidimensional process with physical, psychological, emotional, social, and cultural dimensions. Childbirth education plays an important role in physical and psychosocial preparedness of the mother. Assessing the level of awareness about safe motherhood practices among pregnant women thus becomes necessary to plan interventions to further empower them to avail these services.
Objective: To assess the level of knowledge about the safe motherhood practices in pregnant women. To confirm the association between knowledge and socio-demographic variables.
Methodology: A descriptive design was used to confirm the knowledge of pregnant women regarding safe motherhood practices. 300 pregnant women were selected who attending antenatal OPD at a tertiary care hospital in Kharar, Punjab. Socio demographic data and details of knowledge about safe motherhood practices were collected using a predesigned questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The results showed that out of 300 participants, 252 (84%) had average knowledge about safe motherhood practice, 33 participants(11%) had poor knowledge while only 15 participants (5%) had good knowledge about Safe Motherhood Practices. Statistically significant associations were observed between knowledge and education level, employment status and socio-economic class (p-value<0.05).
Conclusions: Among pregnant women knowledge about Safe Motherhood Practices was average and behaviour was poor. There is a necessity to increase the knowledge which will in turn bring about a good behaviour and empower women to use the safe motherhood services.
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How to cite this article:
Kamlesh Rani, Hemant Singh Rana. Safe motherhood practices-knowledge among pregnant women: A descriptive study. Int J Midwifery Nurs Pract 2024;7(2):26-29. DOI: 10.33545/26630427.2024.v7.i2a.169
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