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Women's knowledge towards neonatal danger signs and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Exploring parental knowledge, care-seeking, and support strategies for neonatal illness: an integrative review of the African Great Lakes region.Global health action · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Maternal Antenatal Care Utilisation on Childhood Acute Respiratory Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Knowledge and practice of mothers towards sunshine exposure of their children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among postpartum mothers attending public health facilities in Adama town, Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Determinants of counseling on neonatal danger signs among women in Somalia: a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis of the 2020 SDHS.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Maternal awareness of newborn danger signs before discharge: a secondary analysis of baseline data from a quasi-experimental study in Uganda.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Knowledge of Neonatal Danger Signs Among Mothers Attending Vaccination Centers in Central West Bank: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Health seeking behaviour of caregivers of children under five and its determinants in Ho West and Adaklu districts, Volta Region, Ghana: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The receipt of health information on neonatal dangers signs during the immediate postpartum period and its determinants in Ethiopia: a multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian demographic health survey report.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Awareness and healthcare seeking behavior of neonatal danger signs, and predictor variables among mothers/caregivers in four developing regional state of Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Identifying gaps in maternal knowledge and care-seeking for neonatal health: A mixed methods study in rural pregnant women.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Mothers' health care seeking behavior for neonatal danger sign in southern Ethiopia: Community based cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
- Knowledge of essential newborn care and neonatal danger signs amongst post-natal mothers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- Knowledge about neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers of children aged 0-12 months in a rural county, Southwest of China: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Level of Postnatal Checkup in Ethiopia - Implications for Child Health Services.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionReducing neonatal mortality is an essential part of the third Sustainable Development Goal, to end preventable child deaths. Neonatal danger signs are the most common cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. In Ethiopia, most babies are born at home or are discharged from the health institutions in the first 24 h, as a result enhancing women's knowledge towards neonatal danger signs and its complication might reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the women knowledge towards neonatal danger signs in Ethiopia.
methodMEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Hinari, Google scholar, web of science electronic databases and grey literature from repository were searched for all the available studies. Fourteen cross sectional studies were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. Subgroup analysis was conducted for the evidence of heterogeneity. Cochrane I
resultFourteen cross-sectional studies with a total of 6617 study participants were included for this study. The overall pooled prevalence of women's knowledge towards neonatal danger sign was 40.7% (95%CI, 25.72, 55.67). Having higher educational status of the women (AOR = 3.86, 95%CI: 2.3-6.5), having higher educational status of the husband (AOR = 4.57, 95%CI: 3.29-6.35), access to mass media (AOR = 1.69, 95%CI: 1.17-2.23), having antenatal care visits (AOR = 2.63, 95%CI: 1.13-4.67), having postnatal care follow up (AOR = 2.55, 95%CI; 1.72-3.79) and giving birth at health institutions (AOR = 2.51, 95%CI:1.68-3.74) were factors associated with knowledge of the women towards danger sign of the neonate.
conclusionIn this systematic review and meta-analysis the pooled prevalence of maternal knowledge towards neonatal danger sign was low. Educational status of the mother, educational status of the husband, access to mass media, antenatal care follow-up, postnatal care follow-up and place of delivery were factors associated with knowledge of the mother towards danger sign of the newborn. Promoting antenatal care, postnatal care follow-up and community-based health information dissemination about neonatal danger signs should be strengthened. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42019132179.
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