Vol. 6, Issue 5, Part C (2020)

Abstract
The aim of the study was to find out the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding childbirth preparation among Primi antenatal mothers at selected Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana. The research design selected for the study was pre experimental one group pre-test-post- test design. The sampling size is 60 Primi antenatal mothers selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The tool used for data collection was structured questionnaire in which part-1 consist of demographical variables and part -2 knowledge questionnaire regarding child birth preparation. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant gain of knowledge regarding childbirth preparation among Primi antenatal mothers after providing structured teaching program. The mean score of the knowledge of pre test was 6.16 +/- 2.2 (M+ SD) was less than the post-test knowledge score 20+/- 3.0 (M+SD) found to be significant at 0.05% level which indicates that there is improvement in the knowledge. The ‘t’ value is 53.8 at 59 degrees of freedom with 5% level is highly significant. There was significant association between the post test level of knowledge regarding childbirth preparation among Primi antenatal mothers with selected demographic variables like age, religion, education, family type and family income.