Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practices Regarding Breastfeeding among Mothers of Infants

Introduction The First year of life is crucial in laying the foundation of good health. At this time certain specific biological and psychological needs must be met to ensure the survival and healthy development of the child into a future adult. Objectives To assess the existing knowledge of mothers of infants regarding breastfeeding.2. To assess the existing practices of mothers of infants regarding breastfeeding.3. To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge of mothers of infants regarding breastfeeding.4. To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on practices of mothers of infants regarding breastfeeding.5. To associate knowledge with selected demographic variables.6. To associate practices with selected demographic variables.7. To correlate knowledge with practices. Material and Method In this study, one group pre- test post-test design was used to conduct the study sample were 60 mothers of infants. Result The findings shows that effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding breastfeeding among mothers of infants tabulated t value for (60-1) -59degrees of freedom was 1.98. The calculatedt value was 8.528. The calculatedt value was much higher than the tabulated value at 5 % level of significance which is statistically acceptable level of significance. Effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on practices regarding breastfeeding among mothers of infants tabulated t value for (60-1) -59degrees of freedom was 1.98. The calculatedt value was 6.281. The calculatedt value was much higher than the tabulated value at 5 % level of. Conclusion In this study video assisted teaching programme is used to assess knowledge and practices regarding breastfeeding among mothers of infants. There is statistically significant increase on the knowledge and practices in post-test at the level of P less than 0.05. the study on video assisted teaching programe is effective on knowledge and practices regarding breastfeeding among mothers of infants.