ArticleInternational journal of MCH and AIDS2019
Neonatal Cord Care Practices among Mothers and Caregivers in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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- A qualitative systematic review of umbilical cord care practices in Nigeria.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Challenges of home visit practice and perceived solutions for improvement in Ghanaian context: perspectives of healthcare professional and community informants.Health research policy and systems · 2026Article
- Cord care practices and related outcomes among caregivers in two referral facilities in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Home-based care for umbilical cords of neonates by family caregivers in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Shea Butter Application to the Umbilical Stump Resulting in Omphalitis andCase reports in infectious diseases · 2025Article
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- Mapping the spatial distribution of harmful umbilical cord stump care among neonates in Ethiopia: A spatial with multilevel analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Postnatal cord care practices and associated factors in Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Cultural patterns and outcome of umbilical cord care among caregivers in Africa: a systematic review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Determinants of potentially harmful traditional cord care practices among mothers in Ethiopia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Umbilical Cord Care Practices and Associated Factor Among Mothers of Neonates Visiting Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital Southwest Ethiopia 2021.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe umbilical cord is a major route of infection among newborns. In Ghana, infections among neonates accounts for majority of under-five deaths. This study sought to investigate what mothers apply to the umbilical cord of their newborns and what motivates them to put such applications on the cord.
methodsThis was a descriptive cross-sectional study of neonatal cord care practices among mothers and caregivers in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta region of Ghana. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used.
resultsMajority of the mothers/caregivers used substances that have not been recommended for umbilical cord dressing (64.3%). Factors such as level of education [χ CONCLUSION AND GLOBAL HEALTH IMPLICATIONS: In order to reduce the number of neonates who die due to avoidable cord-related infections, the type of substances used on the umbilical cord should be approved substances. Health education particularly on neonatal cord care targeting community members and health care providers at the lower levels of the healthcare delivery system should be intensified.
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