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Abstract
The care of infants receives depends a lot on the knowledge, skills of the mother. The teenage mothers are supposed to be lacking in knowledge, practices of infant care need to improve their knowledge and practice for their infants. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate promoting health practices of teenage mothers regarding the health care of their infants. Design: A quasi-experimental design was applied to achieve the objective of the study. Setting: The study was conducted in:-MCH centers (El Azab Health Center) located in Cairo governorate. Sampling: A purpose sample of size was composed of 124 teenage mothers aged 16-20 years and have infant from 1 month to 18 months. Tools: three tools were used for data collection: The first tool was an structured interview questionnaire, which consists of three parts includes partI: socio-demographic data of teenage mothers and the characteristics of infants, partII:questions about teenage mothers’ knowledge about their infant care, partIII: questions about Infant medical history, the second tool:checklist for teenage mothers practices related to the care of their infants and the third tool: infant physical assessment Result: The main result of study revealed that near of two thirds of teenage mothers had good knowledge and more than Three-fifths of them can done practices acceptably toward their infant care post program. There were statistically significant relation between teenage mothers’ knowledge and practice regarding their infants care post program p=0.89**. Conclusion: Most teenage mothers post program had a higher satisfactory level of knowledge and practices to their infant care compared to the pre programmed. Recommendation: The study recommended that special attention should be directed to teenage mothers and their infants to promote their knowledge & practices through a health education programs for teenage mothers who should be informed about all aspects of infants care in antenatal clinics, antenatal counseling, post natal classes.