Evidence from household surveys for measuring coverage of newborn care practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aside from breastfeeding, there are little data on use of essential newborn care practices, such as thermal protection and hygienic cord care, in high mortality countries. These practices have not typically been measured in national household surveys, often the main source for coverage data in these settings. The Every Newborn Action Plan proposed early breastfeeding as a tracer for essential newborn care due to data availability and evidence for the benefits of breastfeeding. In the past decade, a few national surveys have added questions on other practices, presenting an opportunity to assess the performance of early breastfeeding initiation as a tracer indicator.

Methods

We identified twelve national surveys between 2005-2014 that included at least one i

SUBMITTER: Sitrin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5804503 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature