Mothers' health care seeking behavior for neonatal danger sign in southern Ethiopia: Community based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the previous few decades, significant progress has been made in reducing newborn mortality, but the worldwide scale of the problem remains high. A considerable number of newborn death and difficulties owing to neonatal danger signs could be avoided if mothers sought appropriate health care for common neonatal risk indications, according to a number of studies presently underway in Ethiopia. The aim of this study is to assess health care seeking behavior of mothers' in related to neonatal danger signs.

Method

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 410 participants in Wolaita Sodo, From October 1 to October 30, 2019. To collect data, structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used. Data was coded, cleaned, recoded and entered in

SUBMITTER: Mesele M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10355418 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature