Background: As primipara mothers are unaware about the quantity and quality of the complimentary foods, poor child’s feeding practices and high rates of infections causing ill effects to health and growth in period of infancy. Therefore present study aims to improve knowledge of primipara mothers by giving them learning package on weaning practices. Method: Quantitative true experimental research design was used to conduct study. A sample of 60 primipara mothers were selected for the study by a lottery method and through randomization and among them, 30 primipara mothers were allotted to experimental group by allotting even numbers, 30 primipara mothers were allotted to control group by allotting odd numbers. Results: The mean pre test knowledge score in experimental group was 11.00 ± 2.77, whereas mean post test knowledge score in experimental group was 20.96 ± 1.24. The mean pre test knowledge score in control group was 10.60 ± 3.30; whereas mean post test knowledge score in control group was 11.67 ± 1.53.The posttest mean value knowledge score among primipara mothers in the experimental group was significantly higher than the pre test knowledge score of the primipara mothers in the same group. The paired student “t” test value was 20.84 which was significant at P=0.001 level. The findings revealed that there was significant association between knowledge score with residence and educational level of the primipara mothers in experimental group. Conclusion: Study concluded that weaning practices should be given more weightage for overall growth of the children. Key words: Weaning practices, Primipara mothers, knowledge scores, learning package, paediatric OPD.
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