A Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of Nurse Led Breastfeeding Support On Breastfeeding Self-Care Practice Among Postnatal Mothers In Selected Hospital Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Breastfeeding is essential for ensuring child health and development. Nearly two out of three infants are not provided breast milk for at least six months. Enhancement of a good breastfeeding practices need adequate breastfeeding policies and standard which creates environment where mother are able to perform a good practices. For motivating mothers to breastfeeding continuously it is essential to provide education and support. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of nurse led breastfeeding support regarding breastfeeding on self-care practice among postnatal mothers in the experimental and control group. Methods: A Quasi experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Nurse Led Breastfeeding Support on breastfeeding self-care practice among sixty postnatal mothers, 30 each in the experimental and control group who were selected by using Total Enumeration sampling Technique. Data was collected by using self-care practice checklist regarding breastfeeding and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The mean post-test day 7th self-care practice score of experimental group (16.93 ± 1.31) is higher than that of control group (13.77 ± 1.45). For comparison of posttest day 3rd and post-test day 7th between the group, experimental group posttest day 3rd mean and SD was (15.23 ± 1.07), post-test day 7th mean and SD was (16.93 ± 1.31), mean difference was 1.633 and t calculated value was 0.106. Overall p value was 0.000, which showed that Nurse Led Breastfeeding support was effective to enhance the self-care practice regarding breastfeeding and it improves the breastfeeding outcomes among experimental group than in control group. Conclusion: From the study findings it could be concluded that Nurse Led Breastfeeding support on breastfeeding found to be effective method in improving breastfeeding knowledge among postnatal mothers.