Early newborn bathing practice and its determinants among postpartum women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early baby bathing has a major negative impact on the newborn's health. Even though early newborn bathing has numerous detrimental effects on neonatal health, evidence has provided little attention on the current level of practice. Furthermore, there is a dearth of data regarding the overall effects of early newborn bathing in Ethiopia, which would be helpful to program and policy designers. This meta-analysis aimed to ascertain the level of early bathing practice and its determinants among postpartum women in Ethiopia.

Methods

All articles were searched from the Web of Sciences, CINAHL (EBOSCO), Science Direct, MEDLINE, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Google websites from inception to October 10, 2023. The meta-analysis was performed using Stata version 18. The summa

SUBMITTER: Eyeberu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10821261 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature