The objectives of study were to assess the knowledge regarding pre-eclampsia and self-care measures among pregnant woman. Find out an association between knowledge regarding pre-eclampsia and self-care measures and selected variables, develop an informational booklet on pre-eclampsia and self-care measures. Methods The design selected for the study is descriptive design. The study was conducted on 108 antenatal mothers below 20 weeks of gestational age and who are attending antenatal outpatient department of Dr KLES Prabhakar Kore's Hospital, Belgaum. Non- probability purposive sampling technique was used. The tool included background proforma, knowledge and self-care measures questionnaire on preeclampsia. The data was analyzed in terms of both descriptive and inferential analysis. Results Data analysis of level of knowledge revealed majority of mothers 80(74.07%) had average knowledge, 14(12.96%) had good and poor knowledge; and with regards to self-care measures (60.18%) had average knowledge, 41(37.96%) had good knowledge and 2(1.85%) had poor knowledge, association between the knowledge of mothers and selected variables revealed that the variables age, educational status, occupational status, income, religion, parity and area of residence shows an association with knowledge scores at 0.05 level of significance. Association between the self-care measures scores of mothers and selected variables revealed that the variables age, educational status, occupational status, income, religion and parity shows an association with knowledge scores at 0.05 level of significance. The variable type of family and area of residence in relation with knowledge scores of mothers are independent of each other. Conclusion The world has come a long way from the times when a woman surviving childbirth was considered to be blessed with a 'second life’ to the present. Application of appropriate prenatal care and management has largely eliminated maternal mortality frequently at the cost of preterm delivery. Based on the findings of the study, it is concluded that most of the subjects had average knowledge regarding preeclampsia and its self-care measures.

Perinatal bereavement is a unique mourning situation, as the parent's expectation and joy at the prospect of a new life change into a despair and grief. IUFD may represent a significant loss of the mother's perception of her body's functional adequacy associated with body image and feelings of self-wroth. Objectives To assess the knowledge and identify attitude regarding perinatal bereavement care among nurses. To find the correlation between knowledge and attitude among the nurses regarding perinatal bereavement care. Methods The research approach for the study was descriptive survey. The sample size considered for the study was 30 registered nurses working in maternity and NICU. The sampling technique used for the study was purposive. The tool used for gathering relevant data was a structured knowledge questionnaire. Results The results revealed that majority of the nurses 23(76.6%) belonged to a age group of 21-23 years. Majority 17(56.6%) of the nurses had experience of less than one year in maternity unit and NICU. Maximum nurses 25(83.3%) had no previous experience in managing perinatal bereavement. None of the nurses 30(100%) had attended any in service education. Majority 15(50%) of nurses had poor knowledge about the concept of perinatal bereavement. Maximum 13(43%) of the nurses had average knowledge of perinatal bereavement care, while minimum 5 (16.6%) had fair knowledge of the specified area. Half 15(50%) of the nurses possessed a positive attitude towards perinatal bereavement care. There is no correlation between knowledge and attitude of nurses with regards to perinatal bereavement care. Conclusion In order to facilitate a normal grieving process among bereaved families, the nurse should be equipped with adequate knowledge, a positive attitude and skill in rendering such care.

A newborn baby is a god's divine precious gift given to a mother. Nurses play very crucial role in prevention of newborn hypothermia during the hospitalization of newborn in NICU. To evaluate the effectiveness of PTP on prevention of hypothermia in newborn among mothers was the main objective of the present study. One group pretest, post-test design (pre-experimental) was used. 30 postnatal mothers were selected by nonprobability sampling and pretest questionnaire was administered through structured interview schedule. After PTP 7 days after posttest was conducted on same group. Results were analysed by 't' test. The results revealed that there was statistically significant association between knowledge of mothers and age and religion, and remaining three variables there was no statistical significant association (p < 0.05). The PTP was the best teaching strategy as it enhance the knowledge on prevention of hypothermia.

Adolescent is the second decade of life, marking the transistion from childhood to adulthood. These are the formative years when maximum amount of physical, psychological and behavioral changes takes place. A study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of PTP on knowledge of sex education among adolescent girls was the main objective of the present study. Objectives • To assess the knowledge of adolescent girls on selected aspects of sex. • To prepare and conduct planned teaching program on selected aspects of sex education among adolescent girls. • To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching program. • To find out the association between pretest knowledge scores and selected demographic variables. Methods The research approach for the study was that of an evaluative one with one group pretest post-test design. The sample size considered for the study was 65 adolescent girls. The sampling technique used for the study was simple random sampling which is a type of probability sampling. The tool used for gathering relevant data was a structured questionnaire on knowledge of sex education. Results The results revealed that, majority of the girls 25 (38.46%) belonged to a age group of 17 years while minimum 5 (7.69%) belonged to a age group of 19 years. Majority girls 34 (52.30%) belonged to PUC II year. Majority of girls 51(78.46%) belonged to Hindu religion and majority girls mothers educational status 27 (41.53%) was secondary school where majority of girls father educational status 21(41.53%) was graduation. Most of the mothers 42 (64.6%) were working and majority of the girls 36 (55.38%) and 37 (56.92%) belonged to nuclear family and rural area. Majority of girls 61(93.4%) were unmarried and 27 (41.53%) gained information from internet and 28 (43.07%) family income was 4001 to 6000. In pretest majority of the girls 40 (61.53%) had average knowledge, 14 (21.53%) had good knowledge, and 11(16.92%) had poor knowledge, whereas in post-test 62 (95.38%) of girls had good knowledge and 3 (4.61%) had average knowledge. The calculated paired ‘t’ value (t = 26.38) is greater than tabulated ‘t’ value (t = 1.960). Conclusion There was evident increase in the knowledge scores in all the areas included in the study after administration of PTP. Thus, it was proved that PTP was effective teaching method for creating awareness on importance of sex education and STI, STD and HIV/ AIDS transmission and focusing the reproductive health hazards like preventing sexual violence among youths.

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Objectives To assess the knowledge of self-care behavior, identify high-risk behavior among HIV infected women and evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on the knowledge of HIV infected women regarding self-care behavior. Methods The research approach for the study was that of an evaluative one with one group pretest post-test design. The sample size considered for the study was 40 HIV infected women. The sampling technique used for the study was purposive sampling which is a type of nonprobability sampling. The tool used for gathering relevant data was a structured questionnaire on knowledge of self care behavior among HIV infected women. Results Analysis of data was done on the basis of objectives and hypotheses. Data analysis of level of knowledge revealed that during the pretest minimum 5(12.5%) of the HIV infected women had good knowledge of self-care behavior, 28(70%) had average knowledge, while 7(17.5%) had poor knowledge. It was worth noting that only a minimum of 2(5%) women had poor level of positive thinking towards self-care while majority of 21(52.5%) had good level of positive thinking. While assessing the effectiveness of the structured teaching program on self care behavior, the pretest and post-test data analysis revealed the mean post-test score (57 ± 4.7) was higher than the mean pretest score (39 ± 7.7). Analysis of variance showed no homogeneity in the scores of subjects in the different areas of knowledge of self-care behavior and indicated more scope for knowledge gain in the area of health promoting behavior. Conclusion Based on the analyses, the following inference was drawn. There was evident increase in the knowledge scores in all the areas included in the study after administration of structured teaching program. Thus it was inferred that the structured teaching program was effective and while the gain in knowledge score is commendable, there is still room for improvement.

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