The study examined the effect of educational intervention on cord care skill among women of reproductive age attending selected primary healthcare centres in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The study examined the difference in the pre- and post- intervention cord care skill between women of reproductive age in the control and experimental group. This study adopted two groups pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design. The study population targeted women of reproductive age attending clinics in the two selected Primary Health Care centers in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The instrument used for data collection of this study was a checklist which consisted of two sections A and B. The face and content validity of the checklist was ensured by experts of Nursing Science and Tests and Measurement. The experimental procedure was in three phases namely pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention. The checklist was coded and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 28. The findings revealed that the pre-intervention cord care skill of participants in both the control (34.9%) and experimental (35.1%) groups were low. The findings show further that the post-intervention cord care skill of the experimental group (81.9%) was better than the control group of (35.6%). In conclusion the health educational intervention programme improved cord care skill among women that participated in the study in the experimental group. It was recommended among others that health educational intervention on cord care should be mandated for all pregnant mothers during antenatal visit.

Keywords:  Cord care, Educational Intervention, Skill, Women of Reproductive Age,

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