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Lokeshwari
Naveen Kumar
Newborn care refers to the essential care provided to the newborn baby by the mother or by the care provider such as, breast feeding, maintaining body temperature, care of the cord, care of the eyes, and prevention of infection and injuries. Neonatal sepsi s continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide due to the lack of adequate preventive and therapeutic strategies in low income settings and due to the increased survival of preterm and low-weight newborns. The present study aims to assess the knowledge of mothers of children under 5 years of age on neonatal infection at Life Kare Hospital, Amritsar. Descriptive study design was utilized to accomplish the objectives of the study. 50 mothers were selected for the study by using convenience sampling technique. The tool consists of demographic variables and structured knowledge questionnaire was administered to mothers of children under 5 years of age to collect the data. The data was collected and analyzed by us ing descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of study revealed that 28(56%) had poor knowledge, 17(34%) had average knowledge and 5(10%) had good knowledge with an average mean score and SD was 8.38±2.212. The study concluded that mother plays a vi tal role in newborn care, they should have necessary knowledge in all the aspects of newborn care, thereby the study suggests that mothers should be educated on prevention of neonatal infection and preventive strategies to be implemented to prevent neonatal infection.
Keywords: Knowledge, Mothers of under five children, Neonatal infection