Knowledge Of Newborn Care Research Articles

Assess the knowledge about new-born care among the primi mothers at a selected hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat

Introduction: The postnatal period has been termed as fourth stage of labour. It has three distinct but continuous phases.1 postnatal period begins after the third stage of labour and includes first six weeks after delivery. During this time women’s reproductive organs gradually returns to the normal size and shape. Postnatal period is a crucial period in woman’s life and lot of physiological changes used to occur. They are in need of special care during pregnancy, at the time of labour as well as after delivery of child in order to prove safe motherhood and healthy living. The postnatal period is a critical transitional time for a woman and her new born physiologically, emotionally, and socially.2 postnatal mothers used to have physical and emotional discomforts, lack of sleep due to new born baby, visitors, noise, and discomfort with episiotomy. Due to child birth, mother becomes tired and weak. However, taking care of hygiene is also important for all postnatal mothers. Hygiene includes self care as well menstrual careMethod: The Parul Sevashram Hospital in Vadodara served as the study's location. A practical simple random sampling procedure was used to select 60 primi mothers in total. Multiple choice questions and a checklist were included in the questionnaire used to gather the data. Age, religion, degree of education, place of residence, and other socio-demographic characteristics were taken into account when formulating the questions. For this examination, a quantitative descriptive research design was adopted.Results: In this study, the majority of participants, Regarding age of the mother 11(22%) are the age group of 18-25 years, followed by in the age group of 26-30 years17(34%) and most of them were in the age group of 31-36 years 22(44%), no mother belongs to the age group of 36 and above. The results indicated that age of the mother and educational status are significant at the p0.05 level, socio-demographic variables like the mother's age, residence, employment status, family monthly income, marital status, family type, parity are not significant at that level.Conclusion: It is important to give primi mothers regarding newborn care knowledge and practice after delivering the planned teaching programme.

Predictors of knowledge and practice of newborn care among post-natal mothers attending immunisation clinics in Southeast Nigeria.

Evidence-based newborn care practice recommended by WHO reduces neonatal mortality and improves neonatal outcomes. This study assessed the knowledge, practice-associated factors and predictors of essential newborn care among post-natal mothers in two primary health care centres in Southeast Nigeria. A cross-sectional total population study. Two primary health care centres in two local government areas in Southeast Nigeria. Post-natal mothers who attended immunisation clinics. Quantitative data was collected over four weeks from 400 post-natal mothers. Chi-square test and logistic regression were carried out for associations and predictors, respectively. Analytical decisions were taken at p<0.05 and 95% confidence interval. Knowledge, attitude, the practice of essential newborn care; predictors of practice. Mean age of participants was 28.68±5.4. The majority (78.9%) had been counselled on newborn care and 85.2% delivered in a formal health facility. The majority (77%) had good knowledge of essential newborn care and practices (61%). More than half (62.3%) reported support from health workers. Predictors of good practice were older age (AOR: 0.435; 95%CI: 0.212-0.893), being married (AOR: 8.095; 95%CI: 3.732-17.558), living in the urban area (AOR: 0.478; 0.291-0.784), and having good knowledge of newborn care (AOR: 0.239; CI: 0.139-0.411). Good practice was identified in the majority. Being married, older, living in urban areas and having good knowledge were predictors of good practice. Health facility delivery, continuous support by health workers and post-natal education to mothers in rural areas are recommended policy priorities. None declared.

Factors influencing the Level of Knowledge and Practices of Newborn Care

Each year nearly 7.7 million children under five years die around the world, out of which approximately 3.1 million newborns die during the neonatal period, and almost all these (99%) deaths occur in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, neonatal deaths account for 45% of under-five deaths. More than one-third of these deaths occur in the first 24 h of birth, whereas three-quarters of the neonatal deaths occur in the first seven days of delivery. This study aims to assess mothers' knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) about newborns' care and its related factors in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the postnatal ward, DMCH, to assess the level of Knowledge and Practice regarding newborn care among postnatal mothers in the postnatal ward of DMCH. Pre-testing was done to ensure the validity and reliability of the questionnaire with five patients in the postnatal ward of the study location. Data were collected from 200 post-natal mothers who met the inclusion criteria. Structured and unstructured (closed and open-ended) MCQ for knowledge-related and 4-point Likert scale for practice-related questionnaires were used to collect data and age was distributed according to the class interval. The findings showed that there was an association between patients' knowledge and attitude regarding newborn care and their education. Postnatal mothers from urban settings had more knowledge and good practice than postnatal mothers from a rural settings. But this investigator did not compare in this area.

Knowledge of nurses on neonatal sepsis: a tertiary teaching hospital-based study

Neonatal sepsis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized newborns and premature infants. Therefore, knowledge of essential newborn Care (ENC) is important for a newborn's survival, growth and development.&#x0D; The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of nurses regarding essential newborn care in our Special Care Neonatal Unit (SCNU).&#x0D; Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between 1st September 2021 and 30th November 2021 among the nurses working in SNCU of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC), Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Data were was collected using a pre-tested questionnaire by purposive sample. Collected data were checked, and coding was done and analyzed using SPSS 20 software.&#x0D; Results: 72.0 % of nurses were of the age group of 21–30 years. The majority (74 %) were females, 78 % had completed B Sc Nursing, and 66 % had experience of 2 to 4 years. Most of the nurses had good knowledge about ENC, about basic equipment’s used in SNCU, and about advanced equipment’s or procedures had less knowledge. All nurses answered bacteria correctly as a causative organism of neonatal sepsis.&#x0D; Conclusions: Most of the nurses working in the SCNU of GMC Doda had good knowledge regarding ENC. The knowledge appeared irrespective of their age, gender, religion, educational status, working place and special courses/training in neonatology.

Awareness of mothers coming to obstetric wards of allied hospitals regarding neonatal care and the working of community health workers in their districts.

IntroductionNeonatal mortality remains a significant challenge not only to the world,but especially to a developing country like Pakistan. It can be majorly attributed to the sub-par healthcare, insufficient and under-recognised community health workers, and the lack of knowledge of proper newborn care on the part of the parents. This study targets the level of knowledge of the mothers and the services provided by community health care workers as the main factors determining neonatal care.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in the OBS (obstetrics) wards of Hospitals affiliated with Rawalpindi Medical University from January 2022 to June 2022. The sample size was 138. Data was collected by one-on-one interviews, using a standardized USAID Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS v28. Chi-square test was applied to check for significance.ResultsOut of the total 138 participants, 47.8% (n = 66/138) were between the ages of 21–25. Results showed that women between the ages of 21–25 (P = 0.000058) and women who had their first child between the ages of 23–27 had good knowledge about neonatal care. 45% (n = 62/138) of the participants had poor knowledge of neonatal care, whereas 55% (n = 76/138) had good knowledge (P = 0.000002). As for the role of community health workers, only 20–30% of the participants were being provided with their services; hence their performance was not found to be adequate.ConclusionsThe world of medicine is moving rapidly toward a new framework of the health systems in which the real foundation will be based on what actually takes place in the community, therefore, community health workers can play an important role in improving maternal and neonatal care. Family-centered care, appropriate age of first conception and motherhood, and proper guidance to first-time parents can ensure significant improvement in neonatal care in the future.

Knowledge of essential newborn care and neonatal danger signs amongst post-natal mothers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

BackgroundTanzania has high infant mortality. Essential newborn care (ENC) and neonatal danger indicators are vital for reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality. This study examined postnatal moms’ knowledge of ENC and neonatal danger indicators in Dar es Salaam.MethodsPost-natal moms from four hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, participated in a hospital-based, cross-sectional study employing sequential sampling. Interviewees completed a structured questionnaire. SPSS 20.0 was used for data analysis. We employed frequencies to summarize ENC and neonatal risk signs knowledge. When the pvalue was less than 0.05, statistical significance was assumed for the adjusted odds ratio.ResultsThere were 825 people registered. Most were married (71.8%) and had a primary education (59%). Over 85% of women visited the prenatal clinic at least four times, however only 33.1% received ENC education during ANC visits and 70.5% following birth. Nurses and midwives trained 86% of them. 64.2% of postnatal mothers were ENC-savvy. Fever and difficulty to breastfeed were the most prevalent neonatal risk signals. Participants who did not receive ENC education before delivery were 1.74 times more likely to have bad knowledge (AOR 1.74 [95% CI (1.22-2.49)], p0.002), while moms who did not obtain education after delivery were 4.2 times more likely to have poor knowledge (AOR 4.20 [95% CI 3.00-5.88]).ConclusionsOver 35% of postnatal mothers lacked ENC and newborn danger sign awareness. Prenatal and postnatal education increased maternal knowledge. Before and after delivery, ENC and neonatal risk indicators should be emphasized.

Assessing essential new born care practice and associated factors in mothers who gave birth within the last 6 months in east badewacho woreda, hadiyya zone, Ethiopia

Background: Every year, more than 2.7 million new-borns die before reaching neonatal age in the world, with the majority of these deaths occurring at home. Surprisingly, half of these occur within the first 24 hours of delivery, and 75% occur in the early neonatal period. One low-cost approach to improving new-born baby health outcomes is to promote essential new-born care practices. Objective: Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate essential new-born care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth within the last 6 months in East Badewacho woreda, Hadiyya zone. Methods: From March 1 to April 30, 2018, a community-based cross-sectional study was designed. The sampled population consisted of 399 mothers who had live births within the previous six months, as determined by a multistage random sampling technique. The data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and entered into Epi-data version 3.1 before being exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. A binary logistic regression analysis with a 95% confidence interval was performed. Results: Less than half of the mothers (34.1 %) practice essential new-born care. The husband's educational status [AOR=0.24, CI (0.089, 0.64)] and [AOR=0.314, CI (0.126, 0.78)], place of delivery [AOR=0.024, CI (0.009, 0.068)] and knowledge of essential new-born care [AOR=2.03, CI (1.223,3.371)] were significant predictors of essential new-born care practice. Conclusion: The study's findings revealed that essential new-born care was not widely practiced in East Badewacho Woreda. As a result, strengthen the link between health centers and health posts in order to increase ANC, institutional delivery, and PNC service utilization.

An Interactive Nursing Knowledge System Based on Artificial Intelligence and Its Implications for Neonatal Care Management

Nowadays, people are paying greater attention to the concept of childcare, and the healthy development of children is humanity’s hope for the future. The newborn stage is the most critical stage of a child’s development, and learning and mastering neonatal care is the first important lesson for parents. To meet the needs of today’s learners and to break the traditional teaching model, this paper develops a set of interactive newborn nursing knowledge system that composes the content of trivial nursing knowledge, reconstructs the knowledge structure system, and provides new teaching methods such as text browsing, 3D animation presentation, picture presentation, video presentation, interactive games, and tests for newborns. Text browsing, 3D animation, image demonstration, video demonstration, and interactive games and tests, among other new teaching methods, give a new teaching mode and method for neonatal nursing education. The study included 158 infants from local hospital. The study was divided into two groups, each with 80 cases: a control group (conventional care) and a study group (quality care management). The outcomes were contrasted and compared. The results revealed that the study group had a lower incidence of nursing defects than the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P 0.05 ); the study group had a lower incidence of diseases than the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P &lt; 0.05 ). The study goes over the complete process of incorporating the instructional display into the interactive newborn care knowledge system. Multimedia techniques and applications were researched throughout the design and production process in order to blend intrinsic knowledge material with digital technology to produce new educational ideas.

Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors of Essential Newborn Care among Sudanese Women in Eastern Sudan.

(1) Background: There is a high neonatal mortality rate in countries with low resources, especially sub-Saharan countries. There is no published data in Sudan on mothers’ knowledge and practice of essential newborn care. This study aimed to assess the maternal knowledge and practice of essential newborn care in Gadarif city, eastern Sudan. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Gadarif city, eastern Sudan. Postnatal mothers (384) were recruited from postnatal and vaccination clinics. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Mothers who responded to essential newborn care knowledge and practice items at a rate equal to 75% or above were classified as having good knowledge and practice. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the factors associated with essential newborn care knowledge and practice. (3) Results: In this study, 268 (66.4%) and 245 (63.8%) of the 384 participants had good knowledge and practice of essential newborn care, respectively. None of the investigated factors (age, residence, education, occupation, parity, antenatal care, and mode of delivery) was associated with knowledge and practice of essential newborn care with sociodemographic and obstetric factors. Mothers with poor knowledge were less likely to have good practices (adjusted odds ratios = 0.41; 95% CI (0.26–0.64)). The reported malpractices were giving dietary supplements to the babies (48.2%), mainly water (40.0%) and cow’s milk (43.2%), and putting substances on the umbilical cord (62.8%), with butter (92.1%) accounting for the majority. (4) Conclusion: In the present study, around two-thirds of the participants had good essential newborn care knowledge and practice. Poor knowledge was less likely to be associated with good newborn care practices. More research is needed to build baseline data for neonatal mortality reduction plans.

Knowledge of Essential Newborn Care Among Rural Mothers

Background: Components of essential newborn care and neonatal resuscitation are proven interventions for reducing neonatal mortality and stillbirth. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge of essential newborn care among the rural mothers. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out during January - December 2019 in Panchagarh district of the Rangpur division in Northern Bangladesh. A total of 354 rural postnatal mothers were purposively selected for the study. Rural mothers were interviewed with a semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire. Results: The mean age of the mothers was 22.1±3.2 years where 33.1% were illiterate and 83.3% were house wives. Majority of the mothers (76.3%) had taken antenatal care visit,48.3% delivered their children at home, 70.9% had normal delivery and 56.5%had taken postnatal care. Only few mothers (11.0%) knew about kangaroo cares, 83.9%mothers did not know that baby should be given first bath after 24 hours of birth, 26.3%mothers knew that the umbilical stump of baby should not be covered a cloth/bandage. Majority of the mothers (57.1 %) knew that one should start breast feeding immediately after birth and 62.4 %mothers knew that one should start vaccination just after birth. Less than half of the mothers (41.2 %) knew that one should not use any substance like Kajol to eyes. Majority of the mothers (59.3%) had inadequate knowledge regarding ENC while 40.7% had adequate knowledge. Literate mothers involved in job, family members &lt;6 with monthly family income &gt; 20,000 taka had significantly more adequate knowledge than others (p&lt;0.001). Again, mothers who took ANC, delivered their babies at private hospitals, underwent cesarean section and took postnatal care had significantly more adequate knowledge than others (p&lt;0.001). Conclusion: Majority of the mothers had inadequate knowledge regarding essential new born care. Health education and behavioral change communications on essential newborn care are recommended. Health workers should give special emphasis on thermal care by Kangaroo care, naval care and early breast feeding. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2021; 47(1): 34-41

Knowledge Analysis of Pregnant Mothers About Newborn Treatment

Aims : Most of the newborn care experienced by the community is a lack of knowledge in newborn care, especially umbilical cord care. This study aimed to analysis of knowledge of pregnant women about newborn care at Panggang Island Health Center, North Seribu Islands in 2021. Design : Analytical with cross sectional. Methods : The data used primary data from the results of distributing questionnaires. The data collection instrument used a self-developed knowledge questionnaire. The analytical method used univariate analysis and bivariate analysis with Chi-Square test. Results: Most of the respondents have sufficient knowledge, age 20-35 years, secondary education, non-media sources of information and their husbands are not supportive. There is a relationship between age, education, parity, sources of information and husband's support and knowledge of pregnant women about newborn care. Conclusions : There is a relationship between age, education, parity, sources of information and husband's support and knowledge of pregnant women about newborn care. Further research can be done to increase the knowledge of pregnant mothers about newborn treatment so that newborn care can be optimized.

Magnitude and Determinants of Postnatal Mothers' Knowledge of Essential Newborn Care at Home in Rural Ethiopia.

IntroductionGlobally, nearly three million children die in the neonatal period. Although there is scant information about rural mothers, the enhancement of mothers' knowledge and skills toward essential newborn care (ENC) is a vital aspect in the reduction of newborn illness and mortality. Thus, this study aimed to assess the magnitude and determinants of mothers' knowledge of ENC.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among recently delivered women using a multistage sampling method in Chole woreda. Data were collected via face-to-face interviews. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to identify the determinant factors with the level of knowledge. Odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval was used to describe association and significance was determined at a P-value < 0.05.ResultsData from 510 mothers were employed for analysis. Overall, 33.5% (95% CI: 29.4, 37.6) of the mothers had good knowledge of ENC. Antenatal care (ANC) visits [AOR: 2.42; 95% CI: (1.50, 3.88)], counseled about ENC during ANC [AOR: 5.71; 95% CI: (2.44, 13.39)], delivery at health institutions [AOR: 2.41; 95% CI: (1.30, 4.46)], religion [AOR 1.99, 95% CI: (1.25, 3.16)], and educational level [AOR = 1.64 95% CI: (1.10, 2.51)] were significantly associated with knowledge of ENC. About 74, 75, and 41% of mothers practiced appropriate cord care, breastfeeding, and thermal care, respectively.ConclusionThree out of 10 mothers had a good level of knowledge of ENC. Knowledge gaps identified pertained to cord care, breastfeeding, and thermal care. There is opportunity to enhance maternal knowledge of ENC through improving access to ANC and institutional delivery.

Development and implementation experience of a learning healthcare system for facility based newborn care in low resource settings: The Neotree.

Improving peri- and postnatal facility-based care in low-resource settings (LRS) could save over 6000 babies' lives per day. Most of the annual 2.4 million neonatal deaths and 2 million stillbirths occur in healthcare facilities in LRS and are preventable through the implementation of cost-effective, simple, evidence-based interventions. However, their implementation is challenging in healthcare systems where one in four babies admitted to neonatal units die. In high-resource settings healthcare systems strengthening is increasingly delivered via learning healthcare systems to optimise care quality, but this approach is rare in LRS. Since 2014 we have worked in Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and the UK to co-develop and pilot the Neotree system: an android application with accompanying data visualisation, linkage, and export. Its low-cost hardware and state-of-the-art software are used to support healthcare professionals to improve postnatal care at the bedside and to provide insights into population health trends. Here we summarise the formative conceptualisation, development, and preliminary implementation experience of the Neotree. Data thus far from ~18 000 babies, 400 healthcare professionals in four hospitals (two in Zimbabwe, two in Malawi) show high acceptability, feasibility, usability, and improvements in healthcare professionals' ability to deliver newborn care. The data also highlight gaps in knowledge in newborn care and quality improvement. Implementation has been resilient and informative during external crises, for example, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We have demonstrated evidence of improvements in clinical care and use of data for Quality Improvement (QI) projects. Human-centred digital development of a QI system for newborn care has demonstrated the potential of a sustainable learning healthcare system to improve newborn care and outcomes in LRS. Pilot implementation evaluation is ongoing in three of the four aforementioned hospitals (two in Zimbabwe and one in Malawi) and a larger scale clinical cost effectiveness trial is planned.

Assessment of Factors Associated with Practice and Knowledge of Essential Newborn Care Among Nurses and Midwives, Western Ethiopia, 2021.

Background: Promoting basic newborn care skill and practice is a cost-effective approach to improving newborn health outcomes. Objective: Intended to assess factors associated with Practice of Essential newborn care in western Ethiopia, 2021. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted. Data was collected by interviewer administered structured questionnaires, entered by Epi-data 3.1version and analyzed by using SPSS version 26. The strength of association between independent and dependent variables was measured by odd ratios with 95% CI at p-value of &lt; 0.05. Conclusion: The Mean value of good score of essential newborn care practice was 41.5% with [95% CI (38.3, 48.5)]. Training, educational qualification, availability of newborn care materials and work experience were significantly associated with knowledge and practice of essential newborn care. Since practice of essential newborn care was low compared to other studies in Ethiopia identified interventional area should be focused by the stake holders.

The Knowledge and Preparedness of Public Health Midwives of Most Affected MOH Areas in Kalutara on Maternal and Child Health During Disasters

In a disaster pregnant women and children are at a higher risk than other population, because they have special physical and psychosocial needs which require continued care despite the community circumstances. Therefore, it is essential a presence of an experienced health worker, who is more aware of disaster planning and preparedness to serve the needs of the pregnant women and children. Objectives are to assess the knowledge, preparedness and associated factors of Public Health Midwives in 3 mostly affected MOH areas on maternal and child care during disasters. Methods: Between July to September 2016, all PHM in 3 MOH areas, (total of 78) were selected for the study to collect data by a self-administered questionnaire. The participants were surveyed of their personal information, information about their field, history of disasters occurred in their field, knowledge on maternal and child care in disasters, level of disaster preparedness and trainings received on disaster management. The knowledge and preparedness were analyzed in relation to the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the participants. Results: The study results revealed that only 47.3% of PHMs were having a good knowledge on maternal and child care during disasters and especially they need to improve the knowledge in natal care, new-born care and infant care. Relatively they had a good knowledge on antenatal care and child care. There was no significant association between the age, educational level, field experience, MOH area and facing of disasters in the past with the knowledge, which reflects that every one should have a good knowledge in disasters in spite of any circumstances. The preparedness for disasters among the study population was 33.8% and most of them didn’t think of the possible disasters that can happen in their fields and didn’t have a response plan. The level of preparedness was not significantly associated with other factors like age, educational level, field experience, MOH area or previous exposure to disasters. 58.1% of the participants were not learned about disaster management in any instance in their service period and 94.6% not participated in any training programme. Conclusion & Recommendation: The PHM in 3 MOH areas should be promoted to get further educational qualifications to upgrade their knowledge. They should be encouraged to gain more knowledge and preparedness on disasters by giving service appreciation and awards for that field.

Postnatal mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices about newborn care at Debre Tabor Hospital, Ethiopia, 2019

INTRODUCTION: Every year, four million children die in their first four weeks of life around the world. And there are still four million babies being born every year. The majority of newborn deaths (99%) occur in low-and middle-income nations, with half of all deaths taking place at home. There has been no research yet. The goal of this study in the field of research was to assess postpartum mothers´ knowledge, attitudes, and practices of newborn care at Debre Tabor General Hospital, South Gondar Area, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, in 2019. METHODS: the investigation was done using an institution-based cross-sectional study design. A systematic random sampling procedure was used to pick study participants. SPSS version 20 was used to enter and evaluate the data. RESULT: a total of 186 postpartum mothers were questioned, with a 100% response rate. Eighty one point two percent have good knowledge, 87.6% have a positive attitude, and 89.8% have good newborn care practices, according to the survey. CONCLUSION: this study indicated that nearly half and above respondents had good knowledge, a positive attitude, and good practice of newborn care. The awareness and knowledge among mothers regarding newborn care need to enhance to achieve better targets in neonatal and under-five mortality and morbidity.

Knowledge and practice of immediate newborn care among student nurses in labour room of selected hospital, Sikkim

Neonatal period is the most sensitive period and it is the period that has an impact on the child's survival according to GHO data. The proper care of a newborn after birth is vital for the survival of newborn. The present research study assessed the knowledge and the practice of immediate newborn care among 40 nursing students in the labor room of the selected hospital, Gangtok, Sikkim. It was also to find out correlation between the knowledge and their practice. Methods: The investigator adopted a quantitative approach with a descriptive correlational research design. A purposive sampling technique was used for the sample selection. A pre-designed structured knowledge questionnaire and observational checklist on practice were developed and validated. Data was collected after getting ethical clearance and written consent from the participants. Collected data were analyzed using frequency and inferential statistics. Results: Finding shows that 85% (34) of the sample had average knowledge, 12.5% (5) had good knowledge and 2.5% (1) had poor knowledge regarding immediate newborn care. The majority 95% (38) had satisfactory practice and 5% (2) had unsatisfactory practice. Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient was found to be r=0.462, which indicates a moderately positive correlation between knowledge and practice of students regarding immediate newborn care. There is an association between knowledge and practice with religion (p

Level of knowledge toward essential newborn care practices among postnatal mothers in governmental hospitals of Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia.

Objectives:Essential newborn care is a set of comprehensive recommendations designed by the World Health Organization to improve the newborn’s health through intervention before conception, during pregnancy, soon after birth, and the postnatal period. Globally 4 million newborns die every year before they reach the age of 1 month. Therefore, this study assessed the level of knowledge and associated factors toward essential newborn care practices among postnatal mothers attending postnatal service in governmental hospital of Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia, 2020Methods:Facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Harar Town, Jugul, and HiwotFana Specialized University Hospital. Voluntary postnatal mothers who are randomly selected were participated in the study. A total number of 266 women were included in the study. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews. The training was given for data collectors, and data evaluation was done on daily basis. Cleaned data were entered to SPSS version 20, and multiple logistic regression analysis was used for better prediction of determinants and to reduce bias due to confounders. Those variables with a p value less than 0.25 were entered into multiple logistic regression analyses. Associations with p value less than 0.05 were declared as statistically significant. Text, figures, and tables presented the result.Result:The overall prevalence of good knowledge was 57.2%. Educational status, average monthly income, antenatal care visit, and parity had significantly associated with outcome variables.Conclusion:More than half of mothers had inadequate newborn care knowledge. In addition, educational status, average family monthly income, frequency of antenatal care visit, and parity were independently associated with knowledge on essential newborn care. Therefore, more significant improvement in essential newborn care practices could be attained through policy implications and recommendations. Therefore, we recommend that stakeholders of the health sector have a close follow-up on maternal and newborn care services and maintain a strategy that will incorporate maternal education service on essential newborn care practice.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers Towards Newborn Care in Jugal Hospital, Harari Regional State, Ethiopia

Introduction: Globally every year about four million neonates die in the first 28 days of life and similar number of babies is stillborn. Most neonatal deaths (99%) occur in low income and middle-income countries. The global neonatal mortality rate is 18, in Africa it is 26.7 and in Ethiopia, it is 30 per 1000 live births in 2019. In Ethiopia, neonatal mortality remains high and accounts for about half of the under-five mortality. There are relatively fewer studies regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers towards newborn care in Ethiopia. However, no such study has been done in Harari region. So, this study was planned to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of newborn care among postnatal mothers in Harari regional state, Ethiopia. Methods: An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among postnatal mothers who were randomly selected from Jugal hospital. A systematic random sampling method was followed. A pre-tested questionnaire was used. Data was entered, cleaned and analysed using SPSS version 20. Results: A total of 414 postnatal mothers were interviewed with a response rate of 98.1%, among them 74% had good knowledge, 77.14% had positive attitude and 65.45% had good practice of newborn care. Conclusions: This study indicated that nearly half and above respondents had good knowledge, positive attitude and good practice of newborn care, but a substantial number of postpartum mothers had poor knowledge and practice on newborn care in Harari Region. Therefore, provision of information, education and communication and regular training and workshops about newborn care should be done to health professional working at MCH unit in order to increase the awareness of mothers through health education.

Health professionals’ knowledge and practice of essential newborn care at public health facilities in Bench-Sheko Zone, southwest Ethiopia

BackgroundEssential newborn care (ENC) is the most vital care, particularly during the first hour of the newborn's life. This study aimed to assess health professionals' knowledge and practice of ENC at public health facilities in the Bench-Sheko Zone, southwest Ethiopia. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among health professionals at selected public health facilities in the Bench-Sheko Zone of southwest Ethiopia. The data were collected using a self-administered, tested, and structured questionnaire. The data collected were entered in Epi info version 7 and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were performed to determine the association between the dependent and independent variables. Categorical variables were presented in tabulations by frequencies and percentages. Continuous data were summarized by the mean score and standard deviation. Statistical significance was set at a p-value < 0.05. ResultsAmong the 157 respondents, 60 (38.2%) and 97 (61.8%) had good knowledge and good practice of ENC, respectively. The factors associated with good knowledge of ENC were being female (AOR = 0.72, 95% CI [0.48, 0.86]), the availability of on-the-job training (AOR = 2.00, 95% CI [1.01, 3.97]), and interest in working in the delivery room (AOR = 2.5, 95% CI [1.27, 4.94]). Better educational qualification (AOR = 4.12, 95% CI [1.67, 10.18]) and the availability of on-the-job training (AOR = 3.60, 95% CI [1.58, 8.18]) were the factors associated with good practice of ENC. ConclusionKnowledge of essential newborn care among health professionals was very low; however, the practice of essential newborn care was somewhat average compared to other studies in Ethiopia. Being female, the availability of on-the-job training and interest in working in the delivery room were the factors associated with a good knowledge of ENC; while educational qualification and the availability of on-the-job training were the factors associated with a good practice of ENC. Therefore, concerned bodies should consider the provision of refreshment on-the-job training, upgrading the qualification of health professionals, and providing incentives and motivators to improve interest in working in the delivery room.