Introduction: Birth weight is a critical determinant for survival in the neonatal period and for future growth and
development of the newborn. 1 The nurse should concentrate on workshops and in-service education, as this will update
the knowledge and practice of the staff nurses who play a major role in managing hospitalized low birth weight infants. The objective of the
study to assess the knowledge, practice & association of primi mothers regarding care after discharge of low birth weight babies, before and after
providing information booklet. Material And Methods: In present study, the researcher adopated Pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test
design. The study carried out on 50 samples. ANon-probability Convenient Sampling Technique was used. Data analysis was done mainly using
descriptive statistics Paired t- test for hypothetical testing & Fisher exact test was applied. Result: Ninety two percent of mothers were having
average knowledge and 8 percent of them were having good knowledge during pre-test and during post-test 94 percent mother were having
average knowledge and 6 percent of mother were having good knowledge. Ninety six percent mothers were having average practice and 4
percent mothers were having good practice during post-test. Age was found associated with knowledge & types of delivery was found associated
with practice of primi mother of low birth weight baby. Conclusion: Mothers and health professionals play an important role in providing care to
the pre-term babies. So, this study helped to primi mothers to have knowledge and practice of care after discharge of low birth weight babies. The
study revealed that information booklet was observed to be very effective in improving the knowledge and practice of mothers and therefore
should be adopted by health personnel in order to convey health related information to the public.