[Effects of a newborn care education program on newborn care confidence and behavioral accuracy of primiparas in a postpartum care center].
OBJECTIVE
The study aimed to identify the effects of a newborn care education program on newborn care confidence and behavioral accuracy of primiparas in a postpartum care center.


METHODS
This was a quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group non-synchronized design. Subjects were 29 primiparas selected from a postpartum care center in D and P hospitals in Ulsan. The intervention was a newborn care education program which was composed of education with a booklet, demonstration, watching a video, and verbal encouragement. The outcome variables were newborn care confidence and behavioral accuracy. Data was collected from Feb. 1 to Mar 22 in 2005 with self-administered questionnaires and observation by researchers. Data was analyzed using the chi(2)-test, Fisher's exact test, t-test and ANCOVA.


RESULTS
The experimental group showed significantly higher score changes between the pre-test and post-test in confidence and behavioral accuracy than the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
The newborn care education program showed positive effects on newborn care confidence and behavioral accuracy of primiparas in a postpartum care center. Therefore, we recommend that this program should be applied in postpartum care centers.
Kim
Hyunkyung
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Seosan Jung-Ang General Hospital, Korea.
Jeong
Ihnsook
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D049590:Postpartum Period; D015397:Program Evaluation