Clean home-delivery in rural Southern Tanzania: barriers, influencers, and facilitators.

ABSTRACT: The study explored the childbirth-related hygiene and newborn care practices in home-deliveries in Southern Tanzania and barriers to and facilitators of behaviour change. Eleven home-birth narratives and six focus group discussions were conducted with recently-delivering women; two focus group discussions were conducted with birth attendants. The use of clean cloth for delivery was reported as common in the birth narratives; however, respondents did not link its use to newborn's health. Handwashing and wearing of gloves by birth attendants varied and were not discussed in terms of being important for newborn's health, with few women giving reasons for this behaviour. The lack of handwashing and wearing of gloves was most commonly linked to the lack of water, gloves, and awareness. A common

SUBMITTER: Shamba DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3702365 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature