NEONATAL FEEDING PRACTICES AS INFLUENCED BY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE COLOSTRUM FEEDING
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Date
09-09-99
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE
Abstract
The present study aims to find out the effectiveness of the
educational programme to promote colostrum feeding and to
compare the effectiveness of the two edneatlonal methods used.
The study also tried to Investigate the Influence of the
Independent variables on colostrum feeding performance of
control and experimental groups. The sample for the study
consisted of i2o respondents selected randomly from antenatal
These were the mothers who had not fed colostrum to
their previous child/children. Of these. 80 respondents were
randomly assigned to the experimental group and the rest to
the control group. The experimental group was divided Into
group A and B. The former received education through lectures
and the latter received pamphlets. All respondents were observed
and Interviewed before and after delivery to gather the data
regarding changes If any In their praotloe of discarding
colostrum. Chl-sqnace and paired 't' test were used to analyse
the results.
The results were as follows
1) Bducatlon glveny by the researoher had been effective In
motivating, more than 50 per cent of experimental group
respondents to feed colostrum.
2) ®o significant difference was found between experimental
group A and B In colostrum feeding.