Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Evaluation of the postpartum educational services in Sena Hospital, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province

Year (A.D.)

2001

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Wacharin Tanyanont

Faculty/College

College of Public Health Sciences (วิทยาลัยวิทยาศาสตร์สาธารณสุข)

Degree Name

Master of Public Health

Degree Level

Master's Degree

Degree Discipline

Health Systems Development

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.THE.2001.1881

Abstract

The purpose of this study; Evaluation of Postpartum Maternal Care Service, was to assess the knowledge of mothers before and after receiving the postpartum maternal and infant care service in self-care and infant care. Forty-five mothers who delivery at Sena Hospital from 1-30 April 2000 and resided in Sena District were selected. A 40-question-questionnaire was used to assess their knowledge before and after receiving the service. The assessment of knowledge was conducted two ties; the first started two hours after delivery and the second before their discharge from the hospital. These mothers received the four-step-service while they were staying in the hospital and they must re-visit the hospital to have postpartum checkup one month after delivery. The study applied several methods as follows; the survey of postpartum clinic of Sena Hospital within 1-2 months, recording of frequency of the mothers’ postpartum checkup, family planning cervical cancer screening and home visits and observations about the infant feeding. The number of infants who were fed breast milk more than four months and those who were fed supplement food at the age of four months were recorded. After gathering all data, data analysis was conducted by using SPSS to determine means, percentage, standard deviation, pair T-test and Chi-square

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