A Bolam|DS Manandhar|Prabha Shrestha|Michael J. Ellis|Anthony Costello
The effects of postnatal health education for mothers on infant care and family planning practices in Nepal: a randomised controlled trial
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evaluate impact postnatal health education mothers infant care postnatal family planning practices nepalrandomised controlled trial community follow 3 6 months post partum interview initial household survey study areas identify pregnant women facilitate follow upmain maternity hospital kathmandu nepal follow urban kathmandu periurban area southwest city540 mothers randomly allocated one four groups health education immediately birth three months later group birth group b three months group c none group dstructured baseline household questionnaire 20 minute one one health education birth three months laterduration exclusive breast feeding appropriate immunisation infant knowledge oral rehydration solution need continue breast feeding diarrhoea knowledge infant signs suggesting pneumonia uptake postnatal family planningmothers groups b received health education birth slightly likely use contraception six months birth compared mothers groups c health education birth odds ratio 162 95 confidence interval 106 25 significant differences groups regards infant feeding infant care immunisationour findings suggest recommended practice individual health education postnatal mothers poor communities impact infant feeding care immunisation although uptake family planning may slightly enhanced