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@article{192774,
        author = {Megha Dale and Mrs . Prabhadevi N},
        title = {A descriptive study to assess cultural practices and beliefs on newborn care among postnatal mothers in selected hospitals in view to prepare self-information booklet.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {3010-3016},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192774},
        abstract = {Introduction: Culture is defined as a shared system of beliefs, values and behavioural expectations that provide social structure for daily living. Not all customs and beliefs are harmful. Some of them have positive values while others may be of no role or positively harmful for neonate’s health in various forms like physical, psychological, social development. Objectives Of the Study: 1. to assess the cultural practices and beliefs on newborn care among postnatal mothers.2. To find out the association of the cultural practices and beliefs on newborn care with the selected demographic variables. Material And Method: A Descriptive research design was adopted for this study. Purposive sampling method was used to select 140 samples from a selected hospital. Demographic Performa and self-reported questionnaire were used to collect the data from the subject. Result: The data collected from 140 samples were analysed by Descriptive statistics. 120(85.71%) were having average level,14(10%) was poor and6(4.28) of the mother were having good level on overall practices and belief on new born care. Conclusion: The study revealed that some of the good practices in the newborn care which can be motivated, at the same time the harmful practices can be avoided by periodical health education regarding do's and don'ts of newborn care should be conducted in postnatal ward, which will definitely minimize the unhealthy traditional practices. there was no association found between any demographic variables with level of cultural practice and beliefs score on new born care.},
        keywords = {Cultural practices, Beliefs, Newborn care, Postnatal Mother.},
        month = {February},
        }