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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM "A descriptive study to assess the knowledge and practice on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers in selected Hospitals of district Fatehgarh Sahib". PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of the study was to assess knowledge and practice on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers and to prepare and distribute guidelines to them for further increase in knowledge and to improve practice. OBJECTIVES 1.To assess the knowledge on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers. 2.To assess the practice on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers. 3.To find out the relationship between knowledge and practice on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers. 4.To assess the relationship between knowledge on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers with selected demographic variables. 5.To assess the relationship between practice of primi gravid mothers on selected aspects of postnatal care with selected demographic variables. 6.To prepare guidelines regarding aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers. METHODS The conceptual framework of the present study was based on " Health belief model" described by Rosenstock's Becker and Maiman's model (1974). A descriptive approach was adopted for the study. Through Purposive sampling technique total 120 primi gravid mothers were selected. The tool used had 3 sections. Section A: Demographic variables. Section B: Assessment of self-structured knowledge questionnaire 4 subareas on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers. Section C: Assessment of self structured practice checklist 15 statements. Data collection is followed by the analysis and interpretation of data, where collected data are analysed and interpreted in accordance with study objectives. The collected data was analyzed based on the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics i.e. Mean, mean percentage, standard deviation, Karl Pearson's Correlation coefficient and ANOVA test and ' t' test. Results of the study have been formulated by tabulation in forms of figures and graphs i.e. bar graphs. RESULTS Results were drown on the bases of findings of the study out of 120 primi gravid mothers maximum 62(51.6%) mothers had good knowledge as followed by 43(35.8%) had average knowledge and 8(6.6%) had poor knowledge score. Only 7 (5.83%) had excellent knowledge score on selected aspects of postnatal care. Out of 120 maximum number of 118 (98.3%) primi gravid mothers had satisfactory level of practice and only 2(1.6%) primi gravid mothers had unsatisfactory level of practice on selected aspects of postnatal care. This study had identified that primi gravid mother's knowledge was found statistically significant at (p <0.05) level i:e educational status, religion, area of residence and source of information but age (in years), occupational status, type of family and monthly family income (in Rs) were found statistically Non-significant at (p <0.05) level. Where as in Practice Age in years, educational status, occupational status, religion, type of family found statistically significant at (p <0.05) level but area of residence, monthly family income (in Rs) and source of information was found statistically Non- significant at (p <0.05) level. RECOMMENDATIONS: Based on the result of the study following recommendations were made:-The study can be replicated on a large sample to generalize its findings, Similar study may be replicated on large samples for wider generalization, An exploratory study can be conducted to explore knowledge and practice regarding selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers, A comparative study will be conducted to assess the knowledge and practices on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers, A study can be conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on the knowledge and practices on selected aspects of postnatal care among primi gravid mothers