Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: October-December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 135-141
Knowledge and Attitude of Postnatal Mothers on Human Milk Banking
Sheela.J1, Shasikala.V2
1HOD, OBG Nursing, 2 Asst. Professor,Community Health Nursing, R V College of Nursing.
Corresponding Author: Sheela.J
ABSTRACT
The present study was aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of postnatal mothers on human milk banking. The objectives of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of postnatal mothers on human milk banking & to find the association between level of knowledge, attitude on human milk banking and socio demographic variables. The study was conducted in Sri Krishna Sevashrama Hospital, Bengaluru with sample size of 100 postnatal mothers’ selected using purposive sampling method. The conceptual framework of the study was based on Nola J Pender’s Health Promotion Model. A qualitative non-experimental approach was chosen for the study. Level of knowledge and attitude of postnatal mothers regarding human milk banking was assessed using structured questionnaire. The result shows that 90% of the subjects had poor knowledge, 10% of subjects had average knowledge and none of the subjects have good knowledge regarding human milk banking. The result with regard to attitude revealed that 67% of postnatal mother had unfavorable attitude and 33% had favorable attitude towards human milk banking.
The Chi- square test revealed that the association between demographic variable and level of knowledge & attitude on human milk banking. It showed that there was a significant association between age and religion of postnatal mothers with the level of knowledge on human milk banking and demographic variables like education, parity, monthly income and sources of health education had significant association with the attitude of postnatal mothers.
Keywords: Human milk, Human Milk Banking, postnatal mothers, knowledge, attitude.