Newborn care is an essential care given to the newborn which includes feeding, hygiene, immunization, handling of baby etc. By educating and creating awareness among ASHA workers it has potential of reducing the existing high neonatal morbidity and mortality rate. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to assess effectiveness of structured teaching programme among ASHA workers regarding newborn care at community health centre, Payal, Distt. Ludhiana. A total of 50 ASHA workers were purposely selected. Self structured questionnaire was implemented to assess the knowledge of ASHA workers regarding newborn care. Structured teaching programme on newborn care was provided to ASHA workers after taking the pre-test. The assessment of pre-test and post-test knowledge score showed statistical significant difference (p<0.001). The study concluded that the structured teaching programme helped to increase the knowledge of ASHA workers regarding newborn care.
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