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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