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Structured antenatal teaching and its effect on knowledge enhancement among primigravid mothers

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Volume 2, Issue 2,  Article Number: 252007 (2025)

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Seema Rojaria1,* | Nemi Chand Jat1  

1S. N. Institute of Nursing Sciences, Nirwan University Jaipur, Jaipur – 303305, Rajasthan (India)

*Corresponding Author: seemachoudhary14615@gmail.com

Received: 19 November 2025 | Revised: 13 December 2025

Accepted: 15 December 2025 | Published Online: 18 December 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17953327

© 2025 The Authors, under a Creative Commons license, Published by Scholarly Publication

Abstract

This research evaluated how useful a structured health education intervention would be in developing sound knowledge of Antenatal Care (ANC) in first-time pregnant (primigravid) mothers from selected hospitals in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Despite increasing efforts to improve maternal health, there still exists a significant lack of awareness regarding ANC among primigravid mothers. A pre-experimental, one-group pre-test-post-test design was implemented, and 300 primigravid mothers were recruited through purposive sampling. ANC knowledge was assessed using a validated structured questionnaire prior to intervention and at 90 days after the end of the structured health education program. A statistically significant improvement in ANC knowledge was found after delivery of the structured health education program, with the mean score after 90 days (34.38, SD = 3.11) significantly exceeding the mean score prior to the structured program (22.74, SD = 2.09), p < 0.001. Following the structured education program, improvements were found in all domains of ANC knowledge for the first-time mothers. Based on our findings, we believe that structured health education is an effective method to enhance the ANC knowledge of first-time mothers and, as such, should be included in routine ANC service delivery to improve maternal and fetal health outcomes.

Keywords

Primigravida, Antenatal care, Structured teaching, Knowledge assessment, Maternal health

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S. Rojaria and N. C. Jat, “Structured antenatal teaching and its effect on knowledge enhancement among primigravid mothers,” Radius: Journal of Science and Technology 2(2) (2025) 252007. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17953327

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