7A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE ON KANGAROO MOTHER CARE AMONG POST NATAL MOTHERSKangaroo mother care is a simple, easy method of caring for newborn infants where the mother uses her own body temperature to keep her infant warm. A Universally available and biologically sound method of care for all newborns, but in particular for premature babies with three components like skin-to-skin contact, Exclusive breast feeding, support to the mother infant dyad. It is also known as “Kangaroo mother method” and “skin-to-skin contact”, has been proposed as an alternative to Conventional neonatal care for low birth weight infants. To assess the knowledge of postnatal mothers regarding kangaroo mother care and to prepare an educational tool regarding kangaroo mother care. The research design used for the study was Non-Experimental design. Convenient sampling technique was used to select 20 samples for the study. The tool used for the study was structured interview schedule. . Data collection was done in selected hospitals at Kadapa. The data gathered were analyzed by using descriptive statistic It reveals that out of 20 samples 48.15 % of postnatal mothers have good knowledge and 51.85% have poor knowledge regarding knowledge on kangaroo mother care. It shows that there is a lesser rate of knowledge among postnatal mothers regarding kangaroo mother care in overall view with adequate health awareness programme they may be motivated to know about kangaroo mother carearoun2000@gmail.comResearch212012Postnatal, Kangaroo Mother CareP. Kavitha,R. Aroun Prasath,P. KrishnarajPhD Nursing, Senior Lecturer, Asmara College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea,Medical Anatomy, Asmara College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea,Medical Anatomy, Asmara College of Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea