Background of the study
Janani Suraksha Yojana under the overall umbrella of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) integrates cash assistance with antenatal care during the pregnancy period, institutional care during delivery and immediate postpartum period in a health centre by establishing systems of coordinated care by the field level health workers. Based on some of the estimates it has been calculated that there are 5 lakh maternal morbidities that occur every year worldwide. In India it is estimated that 34.6 per 1,000 live birth. In view of these, the knowledge and attitude of mothers were assessed, as it provides cash assistance to the weaker sections of the society to bring down the maternal morbidity at rural area of Mangalore.
Objectives
To determine the existing knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding Janani Suraksha Yojana as measured by close-ended structured interview schedule and likert attitude scale.
Methods
Non-experimental descriptive study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers from Surathkal PHC, Mangalore. A sample size consists of 80 antenatal mothers were selected through non probability purposive sampling. The data was collected by using pretested structured knowledge questionnaire and five point likert attitude scale. The data was analysed using SPSS version 16 and the results expressed as proportions.
Results
The majority of the antenatal mothers (61%) moderate knowledge, 36% had poor knowledge, 2.5% had very good knowledge and no mothers had good knowledge. 61.3% percent of the respondents had positive attitude and 38.7 percent of the respondents had negative regarding Janani Suraksha Yojana.
