Nursing knowledge of essential maternal and newborn care in a high-mortality urban African setting: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess the knowledge of nurses of national guidelines for emergency maternity, routine newborn and small and sick newborn care in Nairobi County, Kenya.

Background

The vast majority of women deliver in a health facility in Nairobi. Yet, maternal and neonatal mortality remain high. Ensuring competency of health workers, in providing essential maternal and newborn interventions in health facilities will be key if further progress is to be made in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in low-resource settings.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Methods

Questionnaires comprised of clinical vignettes and direct questions and were administered in 2015-2016 to nurses (n = 125 in 31 facilities) on duty in maternity and newborn units in public and private facilit

SUBMITTER: Murphy GAV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472564 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature