A PRE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEO REGARDING AWARENESS FOR PPIUCD AMONG ANTENATAL WOMEN IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL OF INDORE IN THE YEAR 2016.

Introduction: PPIUCD knowledge can best be given to antenatal mother during her hospital visits as they get time to discuss with their partner and are highly motivated during this period. The objectives of the study were 1. To assess the pre-existing knowledge regarding PPIUCD among antenatal mother, 2. To determine the effectiveness of educational film regarding awareness for PPIUCD as a method of family planning, 3. To find out the association of knowledge with their selected demographic variables. Method: A pre experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of educational video regarding awareness for PPIUCD among 40 antenatal women which were selected using purposive sampling technique and pre and post test were administered which consists of structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: The mean pre-test and post-test score were 4.775 and 11. Since (t) =11.21 > t0.05= 3.3128 (table value) which concludes that there is significant difference between mean post test knowledge score and mean pre test knowledge score. Thus, H1 is accepted. There is significant association of Occupation and economic status at 0.05 level of significance. Educational Status, Previously used contraception, future pregnancy, Age in years and Religion and type of family has no significant association. Conclusion: The study concluded that there is need to motivate people for family planning through use of AV Aids so that antenatal women are aware of the latest modalities including PPIUCD so they could use PPIUCD as method of family planning.