knowledge assessment of neonatal care among postnatal mothers

99% of 4million neonatal mortality occur in developing countries every year. Mortality rate of ewborns accounts for 18.3 per 1000 live birth that comprised 69% of IMR and 56% of Under 5 ortality in IRAN. A Comparison of statistical trend between infant and newborn rate from 1988 to 001 revealed a considerable decrease in IMR but slightly decrease in NMR. training postnatal mothers nd Preventing neonatal mortality rate is effective. This study has been carried out for assessing the nowledge regarding to neonatal care among postnatal mothers. In this cross-sectional study, from target population of mothers of referral neonates into Ravar/Kerman edical health center. A sample was chosen with convenient sampling method. Then a questionnaire consisting of questions regarding to assessing generalized surveillance during neonatal and Icter eriod and Umbilical cord surveillance were collected. Data were analyzed using SPSS 19. T test and NOVA were used for analyzing the relationship. 316 mothers with mean age of 25.87 were studied. 8.2% of mothers had poor knowledge, 78.5% oderate and 13.3% had good knowledge. Also urbanmothers less than 24 year of age with 2 or 3 children and higher level of education obtained significantly higher knowledge score.The results showed that Knowledge levels of 78.5% of mothers were moderate. So it is imperative to provide comprehensive training in the field of newborn and infant care for mothers.