Assess the believes and practice regarding postnatal care among mothers in tribal area

Aim of the study: To Assess the believes and practice regarding postnatal care among schedule tribal mothers Background: During puerperal period, MMR accounts for the greatest proportion of deaths among women of reproductive age in most of the developing countries. India is also one among those countries which have a very high MMR. In India more than 1, 00000 women die each year due to pregnancy related causes. It mainly due to large number of deliveries conducted at home by untrained persons and also there are other causes such as lack of adequate referral facilities to provide emergency care for complicated cases including postnatal complications. This also contributes to high maternal mortality and morbidity. Design: Descriptive design. Methods: Randomized Convenience sampling method was used. A total of 30 tribal mother participated in the study. The believes and practice was assessed by using structured questionnaire and the practice was assessed by using checklist. Result: Majority of them follows the confinement period of 9 days 28(93.3%) period which is believed and majority of the mothers apply the oil to the babies umbilical cord 30(100%). Conclusion: The study revealed that majority of the schedule tribal mothers follows the mitts during postnatal period and believes in vaccinations to the child. Most of the mothers using clothes instead of perineal pads.