A study to assess the effectiveness of community-based programme on knowledge regarding maternal and child health schemes among antenatal mothers in Nanganallur urban primary health centre

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based programs on knowledge regarding maternal and child health schemes among antenatal mothers. Pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design was used to conduct the study. The study was done on 30 selected samples by purposive sampling technique from a selected urban primary health center in Chennai. A Pre-test was done on the 30 selected samples by using self-structured multiple choice questions to assess the level of knowledge on the Maternal and child health scheme, following that Pamphlets were distributed as an intervention which includes the national schemes such as Vandhena Madharm and Jannani Suraksha yogagna, and state government scheme like Muthu Lakshmi Reddy followed with the post-test was done after 5 days by the using the same questionnaire. The study findings showed that the mean knowledge score and standard deviations regarding the maternal and child health schemes among antenatal mothers were assessed in a pre-test and post-test. The paired t-test yielded a high t value. This suggested a substantial improvement in knowledge scores after the intervention, demonstrating that the intervention significantly enhanced antenatal mothers' understanding of maternal and child health schemes.