Group 3

Bollenbach, Lorelei Anne

Oñas, Eureyvian

Tamba, Aurea Clarissa

Yumul, Justin

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF MOTHERS IN ANGELES CITY TOWARDS

NEWBORN SCREENING

NEWBORN SCREENING

• Newborn screening identifies conditions that can affect a child's long-term health or survival. (CDC, 2011)

• Is a public health program aimed at the early identification of infants who are affected by certain genetic/metabolic/infectious conditions. (DOH, 2011)

Five Panels of Testing

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Several decades the genetic blood screening of newborns to detect inborn errors of metabolism has been recognized as a valuable component of neonatal care in many developed countries around the world .The early detection of these disorders has proven an effective means by which interventions can be implemented to significantly reduce morbidity, mortality and associated disabilities. (Genomics, 2005)

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Newborn’s chances for survival and health have several factors

Four infants out of a thousand live births in the Philippines die before they reach their first month of life. The almost 8,000 newborn deaths account for more than 30% of all infant deaths in the first year. (WHO, 2002)

Indirect factors

• Maternal conditions (Health and the National Institutes of Health, 2002)

• Lack or inadequate quality health care (Health and the National Institutes of Health, 2002)

• Poverty (Ona, 2011)

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

• Describe the extent knowledge of mothers in Angeles City towards newborn screening Determine the different sources on the knowledge of mothers towards newborn screening

• Describe the attitudes of mothers in Angeles City towards newborn screening

• Describe the percentage of the mothers in Angeles City who let their infants undergo newborn screening

• To determine the significant relationship between the following factors to the percentage of those who are not or do avail newborn screening.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. How may the mothers’ knowledge on Newborn Screening be described

2. What are the sources of the mother’s knowledge about newborn screening?

3. What is the percentage of mothers who are willing to let their infants undergo newborn screening?

4. What are the factors that affect the decisions of mothers in letting the infants undergo newborn screening?

5. Is there a significant difference between the percentage of mothers who let their infants undergo screening and the percentage of mothers who gave birth as of 2011?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

• To give all newborns a chance to live a normal life.

• It provides the opportunity for early treatment of diseases that are diagnosed before symptoms appear

To the Newborn screening Institution

To the concerned departments especially in the medical field

To the mothers

To future researchers

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

INPUT

Literature review

Respondents demographics

Questionnaires filled out by respondents

PROCESS

 

Statistical Analysis

  

OUTPUT

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of

mothers concerning newborn screening

 

SCOPE AND DELIMITATIONS

• The study will focus on the knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers towards newborn screening.

• It will tackle about the different factors that affect the practices of mothers

• This study will be conducted at Angeles City. The respondents will be randomly selected and will all be mothers who had given birth within the age of 15 – 45 years old.

• The type of research that will be used is descriptive study.

LIMITATIONS

• Honesty of the respondents in answering the questionnaire will be beyond our control.

• Names of the mothers will be kept secret and will be represented by numbers of confidentiality.

ASSUMPTIONS

If the mother gave birth in the hospital, we can assume that she is informed about newborn screening.

If the mother gave birth in a home setting (e.g., midwives), we can assume that she is not informed about newborn screening.

NULL HYPOTHESES• There is no significant difference between the percentage of mothers who are knowledgeable

about Newborn screening and the percentage of mothers who are knowledgeable about newborn screening.

• There is no significant difference between the mothers who are willing to let their infants undergo newborn screening from those who are not willing.

• There is no significant relationship between the following factors and the practice of Newborn Screening.

• Price

• Religion

• Availability

• Promotion

• Age

• Educational attainment

• There is no significant difference between the percentages of mothers in Angeles City who let their infants undergo screening from the mothers who gave birth in 2011.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

• AGE. The age of mothers who are giving birth in Angeles City.

• AVAILABILITY. The obtainability of newborn screening in Angeles City.

• AWARENESS. The mindfulness of mothers towards newborn screening in Angeles City.

• CHILDBIRTH. The demographic information about the newborns in Angeles City.

• DISEASE. The knowledge of mothers about the different diseases screened in newborn screening.

• EDUCATION. The degree of knowledge of mothers about newborn screening.

• MOTHER. An individual with a living partner or those who are married in Angeles City.

• NBS. Newborn screening.

• NSC – CL. Newborn Screening Central Luzon found in Angeles City.

• PRACTICES. Mothers allowing or not allowing their children to undergo newborn screening.

RESEARCH METHOD

• Descriptive Research Design

Quantitative data gathering.

No manipulation of variables.Survey – research instrument.Its function will be to determine, describe, record,

interpret and analyze the collected data.

THE RESPONDENTS

• Mothers in Angeles City

• 15 – 45 years of age

• Number of respondents: 386

Research Locale• In ANGELES CITY

• 267,788 persons (Census, 2000)

• 73,826 child – bearing (Census, 2000)

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

• Three – part Questionnaire

Knowledge (Yes or no question)

Attitude (Agree or Disagree question)

Practices (Yes or no question)

Degree willingness

Degree for the factors affecting the decision of mothers

INTERPRETATION OF DATA

• Interpretation of data

• Frequency distribution

• Percentage distribution

• Pearson’s equation

• Mean

RESEARCH PROCEDURE

Approval of the proposed study

Revision and validation of the questionnaires

Data Collection in Angeles City Organization of Data

Verification of Data

Conclusion of the Study

Making of SummaryData Collection in Angeles City

Data Analysis

Interpretation of Data

DATA TABULATION AND ANALYSIS

1. Organization of Data

o Frequency distribution

o Percentage distribution

2. Sample Size

3. Correlational Factors

o Pearson’s equation