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Effect of educational video on newborn care for the knowledge of pregnant and postpartum women and their families

Efecto de vídeo educativo sobre cuidados al recién nacido en el conocimiento de embarazadas, puérperas y familiares

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to evaluate the effect of educational video on newborn care to increase the knowledge of pregnant, postpartum, and family members.

Methods:

a quasi-experimental study, with pre-intervention and post-intervention evaluation with a single group. Fifty-eight pregnant, postpartum, and family members treated in basic health units and a hospital in Ceará, Brazil, participated. The study used the McNemar and binomial tests for the analysis.

Results:

after the intervention, there was an increase in the frequency of hits, from 70.82% to 92.97%. Most of the questions presented a significant increase of hits (p < 0.05) with an emphasis on sleeping position, drying of clothes, free demand for breastfeeding, and things to avoid (such as accessories in the sleeping place and talc in diaper change).

Conclusions:

the educational video was effective to participants in acquiring knowledge on the care of newborns and can assist in health education activities carried out by nurses.

Descriptors:
Newborn; Knowledge; Nursing; Health Education; Child Health

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