Pnm-13: Effect of Electronic Education on The Awareness of Women about Post-Partum Nutrition Education

Background: With regard to general advantages of electronic education and the necessity to pay attention to this issue, and with consideration of postpartum maternal care promotion, especially nutrition education, this study was conducted to define the effect of electronic education on the awareness of women about post-partum nutrition education. Materials and Methods: This is a quasi- experimental study conducted on 72 primiparous(36 electronic, 36 booklet) women during postpartum period referring to Shahid Beheshti hospital in 2012-2013. In order to educate the subjects through electronic package and booklet methods, the subjects were selected through random allocation. Pre- test before and post- test after educations conducted with a self-instructed questionnaire to measure women’s awareness about nutrition. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistical tests, and T-test and paired t test through SPSS (version 11.5). Significance level was considered <0.05 . Results: Mean scores of awareness about postpartum nutrition before and after intervention in electronic education and control (booklet) groups were 1.02(0.01), 1.1(0.01), 3.42 (0.03), and 2.22 (0.2) respectively, which showed a significant difference (p=0.031). Levels of increase of awareness in electronic education and control groups were 82 and 45% respectively. Conclusion: As electronic education method had a higher effect on level of awareness about postpartum nutrition among mothers compared to booklet method, health providers are suggested to apply this method to increase mothers’ knowledge and to provide them with care.