Husband's involvement with mother's awareness and knowledge of newborn danger signs in facility-based childbirth settings: a cross-sectional study from rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine the association between husband involvement and maternal awareness and knowledge of newborn danger signs. This cross-sectional study was conducted in three rural hospitals of Bangladesh among the recently delivered women (RDW).

Results

RDW were interviewed to determine their knowledge and understanding of seven key neonatal danger signs. About 51.4% of the respondents were able to identify at least one danger sign. 'Fever' was the most correctly identified (43.7%), and hypothermia was the least (26.1%) identified danger sign. The factors associated with RDW possessing knowledge of at least one neonatal danger sign were: secondary education (COR: 1.3, 95% CI 1.1-1.6), increased ANC visits (COR: 1.2, 95% CI 1.1-1.3), previous hist

SUBMITTER: Zaman SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944176 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature