A study on impact and outcomes of clinical pharmacist in assessment and improvement of kap (knowledge, attitude, practice) in safe and effective practices of breast feedings among pregnant women in obstetrics and gynaecology department

Abstract

The Present study was conducted in order to study the Role, Impact and outcomes of Clinical Pharmacist in assessing and improving  KAP (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice) in safe and effective practices of breast feedings among Pregnant women in Obstetrics and Gynaecology departments. It is designed as Prospective, observational and interventional study which was conducted for a period of 3 months (from December 2019 to February 2020) with 357 People in ESI Hospital, Bangalore, and Karnataka, India. People with and aging above 18 years and are confirmed as positive for pregnancy and who are willing to participate in the Present Study were included and People who are not willing to participate in the Present Study were excluded. necessary information for statistical analysis was collected through Personal Interviews and Counselling Forms and Feedback Back forms on leaflets .Microsoft excel was used to record and calculate the data of Recruited Subjects in the present study and mean while Descriptive Statistics like Mean, Standard Deviations were used. 354 out of 357  of  99.15percent out of 100 expressed their positive feedbacks after counselling’s and P-Value was calculated by using Prism Graph Pad Software which is 0.001 which states the present study is highly significant . In India there is lack of proper guidance regarding counselling’s for safe and effective breast feeding practices among pregnant women. So as a responsible health care professional I took it as responsibility to create awareness among them by advanced counselling tips and practices. I definitely hope that the present study will also trigger and acts as catalyst for future researchers to carry out the research towards the present issue.