Prevalence of essential newborn care in home and facility births in the Peruvian Amazon: analysis of census data from programme evaluation in three remote districts of the Loreto region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Essential newborn care (ENC) covers optimal breastfeeding, thermal care, and hygienic cord care. These practices are fundamental to save newborn lives. Despite neonatal mortality remaining high in some parts of Peru, no comprehensive data on ENC is available. We sought to estimate the prevalence of ENC and assess differences between facility and home births in the remote Peruvian Amazon.

Methods

We used baseline data from a household census of rural communities of three districts in Loreto region, collected as part of the evaluation of a maternal-neonatal health (MNH) programme. Women between 15 and 49 years with a live birth in the last 12 months were invited to complete a questionnaire about MNH-related care and ENC. Prevalence of ENC was calculated for all birt

SUBMITTER: Reinders S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9950545 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature