Essential newborn care practices and associated factors among home delivered mothers in Guto Gida District, East Wollega zone.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Essential Newborn Care is a set of strategic and cost-effective interventions planned to improve the health of newborns through the care they receive from birth up to 28 days. In the current study area, little is known about the prevalence of essential newborn care practices and its associated factors. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence of essential newborn care practice and its associated factors among home-delivered mothers in Guto Gida district, western Ethiopia.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Guto Gida district from September 5 to 15, 2020. Data were collected by interviewing 601 systematically selected home-delivered women. Descriptive statistics were employed to describe frequency and percent. Binary logistic regr

SUBMITTER: Abebe M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021559 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature