Prevalence and determinants of essential newborn care practices in the Lawra District of Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There was less than satisfactory progress, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, towards child and maternal mortality targets of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. The main aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and determinants of essential new newborn care practices in the Lawra District of Ghana.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was carried out in June 2014 on a sample of 422 lactating mothers and their children aged between 1 and 12 months. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select the study participants who attended post-natal clinic in the Lawra district hospital.

Results

Of the 418 newborns, only 36.8% (154) was judged to have had safe cord care, 34.9% (146) optimal thermal care, and 73.7% (308) were considered to have

SUBMITTER: Saaka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5968597 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature