The Effects of Self-efficacy Promoting Program according to the Public Health Development Plan on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Postpartum Women
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Self-efficacy promoting program, knowledge, attitude, practice, postpartum womenAbstract
The objective of this research to study the effects of the self-efficacy promoting program according to the public health development plan on knowledge, attitudes, and practice of postpartum women. This is quasi-experimental research. The participants consisted of women who received the first antenatal care, gave birth, and followed up on an infant’s postpartum health at Chaiyaphum Hospital. The participants were divided into the experimental group and the control group with 30 people in each group and a total of 60 people. Research instruments were the self-efficacy promoting program, personal information questionnaire, and a questionnaire on knowledge, attitude, and practice of postpartum women, which were tested on validity by experts and reliability by KR20 and Cronbach’s alpha. The value of reliability of the measurements were .80, .80, and .79, respectively. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistic, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics, including Paired sample t-test, and independent sample t-test.
The research result showed that postpartum women who received the first antenatal care in the experimental group had the average score on knowledge, attitude, and practice of postpartum self-care and newborn care higher than before the trial and higher than the control group with statistical significance (p < .01). From the findings, health care provider should make self-efficacy promoting program on knowledge, attitude and practice in postpartum women every one since trimester pregnancy in pregnancy department and postpartum department to encourage mothers to have the ability to care for themselves and their babies effectivel.
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