ArticleBMC research notes2019
Knowledge and practice on adequate sunlight exposure of infants among mothers attending EPI unit of Aleta Wondo Health Center, SNNPR, Ethiopia.
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- Practice and factors associated with sunlight exposure of infants among mothers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Sunlight exposure practice and its associated factors among infants in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Knowledge and practice of mothers towards sunshine exposure of their children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Infants' Sunlight Exposure Practice and Associated Factors Among Mothers in Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Practice and factors associated with neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers in Jigjiga City, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Mothers Practices and Factors Affecting Sunlight Exposure of Their Infants in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha District, East Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2022: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- Knowledge and practice of infant exposure to sunlight among mothers in the rural villages of Mettu district, southwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Practice, and Factors Affecting Sunlight Exposure of Infants Among Mothers at Governmental Health Facilities in Dessie Town, Ethiopia, 2021.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2023Article
- Attitudes of mothers attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to neonatal sunlight exposure: a cross-sectional study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2022Article
- Factors associated with infants' sunlight exposure among mothers attending the EPI unit of Wolkite University Specialized Hospital.PloS one · 2022Article
- Practice of Sunlight Exposure of Infants and Associated Factors Among Infant Coupled Mothers at Dejen District, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia 2021.Nutrition and metabolic insights · 2022Article
- Knowledge and Practice of Infants Exposure to Sunlight Among Lactating Mothers Attending at Yirgalem Hospital, Sidama Regional State.Clinical medicine insights. Pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe main objective of this study was to assess knowledge and practice of adequate sunlight exposure of infants among mothers attending EPI unit at Aleta Wondo Health Center, Sidama zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia. Institutional based descriptive cross sectional study design was used. 313 mothers who had under 1 year child and immunization follow-up were selected by simple random sampling technique using immunization registration book as sampling frame.
resultOut of 313 respondents identified for the study 98.03% (n = 307) were responded for the interview. From the total respondents 279 (90.9%) of respondents exposed their infants to sunlight but only 62 (22%) of them exposed adequately. From 307 mothers, 191 (62.2%) are knowledgeable about sunlight exposure and 91 (32.6%) of mothers had good practice of exposing their infants to sunlight.
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