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Essential newborn care practice and its predictors among mother who delivered within the past six months in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia, 2017.
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- Knowledge and practice of essential newborn care and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of ANC follow up on essential newborn care practices in east Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
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- Essential newborn care practices and determinants in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of national survey data.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Spatial distribution and determinants of missing essential newborn care items after birth in Somaliland: a spatial and multilevel analysis of SDHS.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Essential newborn care practices at health facilities and homes in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Disparities in Accessing Early Newborn Care in Pakistan: Secondary Data Analysis of Nationally Representative Sample.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness of a Mobile Phone Messaging-Based Message Framing Intervention for Improving Maternal Health Service Uptake and Newborn Care Practice in Rural Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Disparity of Neonatal Care Visits by Region in Indonesia: A Secondary Data from Basic Health Research.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Harmful newborn cord care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last six months in Chencha town, Southern Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Assessing Maternal Adherence to WHO's Essential Newborn Care Practices in Libo Kemekem District: A Community-Based Study.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- Quality of newborn care and associated factors: An analysis of the 2022 Kenya demographic and health survey.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Exploring knowledge, attitude and practices of essential newborn care among puerperal mothers who gave birth at public health facilities of southwest Ethiopia: a mixed study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
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- Essential newborn care practices and associated factors among home delivered mothers in Guto Gida District, East Wollega zone.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionComponents of essential newborn care and neonatal resuscitation are proven interventions for reducing neonatal mortality rate and stillbirth rates. Various studies have been conducted, but they failed in assessing health workers that delivered essential newborn care, facets of the health care system, and different traditional beliefs. As such, the primary aim of this study is to fill the gaps of the aforementioned previous studies, assess mothers' current practice of essential newborn care and identify factors affecting newborn care practices in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia.
methodsA mixed type, community-based cross sectional study was conducted among 630 study participants by using one-stage cluster sampling method. Three focus group discussions (FGD) with purposively selected 18 mothers were involved for qualitative study. Data entry was carried out by Epi data version 3.1 and analysis was done by SPSS window version 22. Binary logistic regression was used to identify predictors. Qualitative data were analyzed deductively by using thematic framework analysis approach by using Open Code version 4.02.
resultsThis study found that 38.4% of mothers had good practices in essential newborn care. Of the neonates, 52.9% received safe cord care, 71.0% received optimal thermal care and 74.8% had good neonatal feeding. Factors such as mothers receiving antenatal care, attending pregnant mothers meetings, receiving immediate postnatal care, wealth index, whether a complication was faced during delivery and overall knowledge of mothers were statistically significantly associated with practice.
conclusionsThis study indicated that the current rate of essential newborn care practice was low. As such, strengthening the provision of antenatal and postnatal care services, information communication education and behavioral change communications on essential newborn care are recommended.
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