Effectiveness of the Health Literacy Program for Pregnant Women on Neonatal Weight

Abstract

Background: The pregnant women had health literacy with adequate had to the standard birth weight newborn.
Objective: The purpose of this research wasthe follow-up and efficiency of health literacy program with health literacy on pregnant women and birth weight.
Study design: Quasi-experimental research
Methods: The population were 31 newborns form mothers received health literacy program and mothers of newborns received health literacy program between pregnant womento postpartum consisted of 30 people. The instrument were questionnaire health literacy for pregnant women and birth weight from medical records.The general data with frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation, maximum, minimum, comparison of health literacy results from repeated measurements with one way ANOVA with repeated measures and comparison birth weight newborn with independent samples t-test were applied for data analysis
Results: 1.The birth weight newborn were received health literacy programand received regular health promotion programhad different at 0.01 level.
2. The mothers of newbornreceivedhealth literacy programsbetween pregnant womento postpartum had increased health literacy from the 1-3 measurements repeated better at 0.01 level.
Conclusion: The health literacy programs can increase health literacy potential of pregnant women and affect the birth weight newborn of standardized.