Abstract:

Life everywhere begins with women. Women as one half of the population have a tremendous role to play in the dynamic process of social change. She has repeated pregnancies and her circumstances are disadvantaged where the basic amnesties are not within her Economical and social needs. There is water shortage which depletes her access to promote hygiene measures wearing clean cloths, perineal care during the puerperium. The second most common direct cause is infection, which is responsible for late postpartum deaths so perineal hygiene has most significant role among post-natal mothers. A descriptive design with a non-experimental approach as considered appropriate for the present study. A structured interview schedule was structured to assess the knowledge of primi postnatal mothers regarding perineal hygiene after delivery. The data was analysed by calculating Mean and standard deviation was used to identify the Knowledge of primi postnatal mothers. The Chi-square test was to find out association between knowledge of primi postnatal mothers and selected demographic variables & level of significance was set at 5% level. The finding of the study Maximum 53% of mothers got Poor score (21%-40%) and minimum 0% of mothers obtained Good score (61%-80%),47% of mothers obtained Average score (21%-40%) and not even single mother score Very Poor (0%- 20%) and Very Good (81% - 100%). The conclusion of the study knowledge of primi postnatal mothers needs to be updated and improved related to health services.

Keywords: Assess, Knowledge, Primi Postnatal Mothers, Perineal Hygiene.

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https://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1622.