Abstract

Background and objectives:

An infant or baby is the very young offspring of humans. A newborn is an infant who is within hours, days, or up to a few weeks from birth. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate (from Latin, neonatus, newborn) refers to an infant in the first 28 days of life (from birth up to 4 weeks after birth, less than a month old). The term "newborn" includes premature infants, post mature infants and full term newborns. The term infant is derived from the Latin word infans, meaning "unable to speak" or "speechless." It is typically applied to children between the ages of 1 month and 12 months; however, definitions vary between birth and 3 years of age. "Infant" is also a legal term referring to any child under the age of legal adulthood.

OBJECTIVES:

To

assess

the

knowledge

regarding

newborn

care

among

primigravida postnatal mothers.

To explore the attitude of mothers towards newborn care. To assess the relationship between socio-demographic data and the knowledge of mothers regarding newborn care.

Summary:
The present study was descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding newborn care among primigravida postnatal mothers with the help of questionnaire which consist of 28 questions. The study was conducted in postnatal wards of SGTB Hospital Amritsar. The samples were drawn using convenient sampling method.

Findings:
Results include that out of total subjects about 77.14% have inadequate knowledge, 17.14% moderate and 5.71% adequate knowledge regarding newborn care. Hence the research hypothesis which was stated that majority of mothers have inadequate knowledge regarding newborn care is accepted.