ArticleJournal of tropical pediatrics2022
Early newborn bathing and associated factors among mothers in Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia.
Article in Journal of tropical pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06661408 (The Effects of Video-Based and Practical Newborn Bathing Education Provided to Primiparous Pregnant Women During the Third Trimester on Knowledge, Anxiety, and Bonding During the First Bath), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effects of Video-Based and Practical Newborn Bathing Education Provided to Primiparous Pregnant Women During the Third Trimester on Knowledge, Anxiety, and Bonding During the First Bath: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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- Early newborn bathing practice and its determinants among postpartum women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Essential newborn care practices and determinants in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of national survey data.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Factors associated with delayed neonatal bathing in Afghanistan: insights from the 2022-2023 multiple indicator cluster survey.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Exploring harmful traditional practices and its associated factors among puerperal mothers who delivered in public health facilities in southwestern Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Assessment of early neonatal practices to prevent hypothermia ; A comparative study.F1000Research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundDelaying newborn bathing for 24 h after childbirth protects the baby from hypothermia, infection and hypoglycaemia and provides an opportunity for mother-baby emotional bonding. However, no previously published study has investigated the early newborn bathing practices of pastoral mothers in Ethiopia. This study aims to investigate early newborn bathing and associated factors among mothers in Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia.
methodsInstitution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May to June 2021. A systematic random sampling technique was used to recruit 386 mothers, and the data collection was performed using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Multivariable logistic regression modelling was used to examine the association between explanatory variables (including sociodemographic, obstetric, health service and health literacy factors) and early newborn bathing.
resultsThe overall prevalence of early newborn bathing among postpartum mothers was 73.1% with a 95% confidence interval (CI) from 68.4 to 77.5%. Mothers who attained college or higher education [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.21; 95% CI 0.06-0.66], those who were from urban areas (AOR = 0.19; 95% CI 0.09-0.42) and those who gave birth using operational delivery (e.g. caesarean section and instrumental delivery) (AOR = 0.01; 95% CI 0.01-0.04) were less likely to practice early newborn bathing.
conclusionThe practice of early newborn bathing was unacceptably high in pastoral communities of the Afar Region. There is a need for interventions specifically targeting at uneducated and rural mothers as part of the implementation to improve the essential newborn care practices of mothers in pastoral communities in Ethiopia.
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