ArticlePloS one2024
Postnatal cord care practices and associated factors in Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia.
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- Coverage and factors associated with receipt of early newborn postnatal care components in Afghanistan: findings from the 2022-2023 multiple indicator cluster survey.Global health action · 2026Article
- The prevalence of harmful traditional umbilical cord care practices and associated factors in newborns: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with poor umbilical cord care among postpartum mothers in South Western Uganda: a cross sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCord care is one component of essential newborn care that reduces newborn morbidity and mortality. Poor cord care practice leads to a large amount of neonatal death due to infection. In Ethiopia, many women give birth at home, where neonates are exposed to unclean cord care practices or application of different traditional substances. Despite the severity of the problem, studies related to postnatal cord care practice are scarce. Hence, this study is aimed to assess umbilical cord care practices and associated factors in the postnatal period in Arba Minch town.
objectiveTo assess postnatal cord care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last six months in Arba Minch Town, southern Ethiopia, 2019.
methodsCross-sectional study design was conducted and using simple random sampling method 423 mothers who gave birth with in the last six months in Arba Minch town from November 11 to December 02, 2019, were selected. Data was collected using structured questionnaire administered by the interviewer. EpiData version 4.4 was used for data entry and SPSS version 25 was used for data analysis. Variables with p ≤ 0.25 in bivarible logistic regressions were considered as potential candidates for multivariable logistic regression analysis to control confounders. Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% confidence interval was applied in multivariable logistic regression models, to identify variable, which has significant association.
resultsThe overall proportion of women who had good postnatal cord care was 67.1%. The maternal age group of 25 to 29 years (AOR = 2.51; 95% CI: 1.35-4.68), maternal educational status of secondary school and above (AOR = 4.19; 95% CI: 2.05-8.54), mothers with good knowledge of cord care (AOR = 1.77; 95% CI: 1.03-3.05), and health facility delivery (AOR = 2.60; 95%CI: 1.05-6.41) were independent factors associated with good cord care.
conclusionsThe proportion of good cord-care practice reported in this study was relatively worthy. Maternal age group of 25-29 years, maternal educational status of secondary school and above, having good knowledge of cord care, and delivering at health facility were factors that increased good postnatal cord care practice. Therefore, investing in improving these factors would positively affect maternal postnatal cord care practice. In order to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality, routine counseling of cord care practice to mothers would attain good knowledge about postnatal cord care practices. Community health education would also increase awareness and practice of postnatal cord care.
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