ArticlePediatric health, medicine and therapeutics2021
Skin-to-Skin Care Practice and Its Associated Factors Among Postpartum Mothers in Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Knowledge, attitude and practice towards kangaroo mother care among postnatal women in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
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- Psychometric Testing of an Arabic Version of the Attitude Toward Skin-to-Skin Contact Instrument among Women in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Cultural Validation Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Level of skin-to-skin care practices among postnatal mothers in Ethiopia. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Gap identification for improvement in maternal and early infant health care practices among tribal pregnant women in an aspirational tribal district Sirohi, Rajasthan.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Prevalence and predictors of mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact at birth in Papua New Guinea.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and predictors.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Practicing Level and Determinants of Safe Cord Care and Skin-To-Skin Contact Among Post-partum Women in Public Hospitals of Eastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Multilevel Determinants of Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact at Birth in Somalia: Findings from Somali Demographic and Health Survey.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSkin-to-skin care is placing an unclothed or diaper-only newborn baby on the mother's bare chest, covered with a warm blanket. The World Health Organization recommends immediate, uninterrupted, and continuous mother-newborn skin-to-skin care practice almost immediately after birth. Despite this recommendation, separation of the newborn from the mother is common in many public health institutions. There was a limited study that examined the prevalence of skin-to-skin care practice and associated factors in Ethiopia. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of skin-to-skin care practice and its associated factors among postpartum mothers in Gurage Zone public health centers, Southern Ethiopia, 2020.
methodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted in twenty-two public health centers of Gurage Zone from January 1st up to 30th, 2020. A total of 382 postpartum mothers were selected using a systematic sampling technique. Data were collected using structured and pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaires. Data were entered into EpiData version 3.1.0 and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Both bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify significant factors associated with skin-to-skin care practice. Statistical significance was declared at a P-value of <0.05 with a 95% confidence level.
resultsAbout 35.3% (95% CI; 31.3%-40.4%) of new-borns were received skin-to-skin care practice. Being urban residence [AOR=2.23, (95% CI; 1.17-4.23)], normal newborn birth weight (≥2500gm) [AOR=3.1, (95% CI; 2.15-3.89)], early initiation of breastfeeding [AOR=2.93, (95% CI; 1.29-6.64)], colostrum feeding [AOR=4.19, (95% CI; 2.01-8.73)], and having mothers good knowledge on skin-to-skin care practice [AOR=8.51, (95% CI; 4.32-16.75)] were some of factors associated with mother to newborn skin-to-skin care practice.
conclusionThe proportion of mother newborn skin-to-skin care practice was low in the study area. Mothers resided in the urban areas, normal newborn birth weight, early initiation of breastfeeding, colostrum feeding, and having good knowledge of the mothers about skin-to-skin care were factors associated with skin-to-skin care practice. Therefore, health care workers should counsel mothers on optimal breastfeeding practice and enhance maternal awareness regarding the merits of skin-to-skin care practice before discharge from the health facilities are recommended.
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