Background Prematurity is a challenge affecting child health worldwide and mothers who are the sole care providers of preterm infants post discharge must possess the necessary knowledge to be able to properly care for their preterm infant at home.

Objective The main objective of this study will be to assess the effectiveness of NILEE VYEMA brochure on knowledge of breastfeeding, kangaroo care and hygiene among mothers with preterm infants in central Tanzania. A sample of 112 mothers with preterm infants will be recruited from two randomly selected regional hospitals in central Tanzania in 2024. A quasi pre-test post-test experimental design will be used and the Nilee Vyema brochure will be adapted from several literatures. Both the control group and intervention group will be given the pretest questionnaire to assess baseline knowledge. The control group will receive routine education lecture based on breastfeeding, kangaroo mother care and hygiene topics while the intervention group will receive both routine education in conjunction with the Nilee Vyema brochure. Interventional sessions will include lectures on breastfeeding, kangaroo mother care and hygiene to influence the knowledge and skills of these mothers in caring for their preterm. After the intervention, both groups will be given the pretest questionnaire which will assess end-line knowledge.

Analysis Data will be analyzed using SPSS (version 20) for descriptive statistics to describe the characteristics of the study samples and inferential statistics to test the effectiveness of the brochure before and after intervention. Furthermore, chi-square test will be used to describe the relationship between categorical variables at p < 0.05.

The authors have declared no competing interest.

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