scholarly journals Knowledge and Practice of Postnatal Mother in Newborn Care

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (190) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tumla Shrestha ◽  
Saraswoti Gautam Bhattarai ◽  
Kalpana Silwal
Keyword(s):  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Danger Signs ◽  
Newborn Care Practice ◽  
Postnatal Mothers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Introduction: Neonatal mortality has continued to increase as a percentage (>60%) of overall infant mortality. Any further reduction in infant mortality is dependent on saving more newborn lives. It is possible if their mothers are knowledgeable and provide proper newborn care. Therefore, the objective of the study was to find out knowledge and practice of the postnatal mothers about newborn care.Methods: A descriptive study was done among 100 purposively selected post natal mothers admitted in Teaching Hospital. Newborn care practice was observed among 20 mothers and comparison was done between knowledge and practice. Semi-structured interview questionnaire and observation checklist was used to collect the data. The descriptive statistics was used.Results: Respondents’ mean knowledge was on keeping newborn warm 44.2, on newborn care 47.2, on immunization 67.33, on danger signs 35.63. All (100%) respondents had have knowledge and practice to feed colostrums and exclusive breast feeding, 70 (70%) knew about early initiation of breastfeeding. Mean knowledge and practice of respondents was on measures to keep warm 8.5 and 17. Although 60 (60%) had knowledge to wash hands before breastfeeding, and after diaper care, only 10 (10%) followed it in practice. Mean practice of successful breast feeding was 37.5, 12 (60%) applied nothing kept cord dry. Conclusion: Postnatal mothers have adequate knowledge on areas like early, exclusive breast feeding, colostrums feeding, they have not much satisfactory knowledge in areas like hand washing, danger signs etc. While comparing knowledge with practice regarding newborn care, practice looks better in many areas._______________________________________________________________________________________Keywords: knowledge; newborn care; practice; postnatal mother.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Practice of Mother regarding Exclusive Breastfeeding having Infant at a Tertiary Level Hospital, Kathmandu

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-206
Author(s):  
TM Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Type Of Delivery ◽  
Level Hospital

Introduction: Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding is a cost effective intervention to reduce infant mortality in developing countries. The objective of this study was to identify knowledge and practice of mothers regarding exclusive breastfeeding. Material and Methods: This was a descriptive exploratory study carried out in the immunization clinic of tertiary level hospital in Kathmandu. A total of 323 mothers who came for immunization of six months to one year were selected as the sample for the study by using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Semi - structured interview questionnaire was used to collect the data both on knowledge and practice of exclusive breastfeeding, from 13th July to 8th September 2014. Results: Study findings revealed that 84.5 % of the respondents were aware of the correct meaning of exclusive breastfeeding and 49.5 % of the respondents practiced exclusively breastfeeding to their children up to 6 months. There was statistically significant association of respondent’s level of knowledge regarding exclusive breast feeding with their educational status (p = 0.034, OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.03-2.66) and type of delivery (p = 0.005, OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.2-3). Likewise, a significant association was seen between respondent’s level of practice regarding EBF and type of delivery (p = 0.005, OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.2-3). Conclusion: Study concludes that only about half of the mothers tended to have adequate knowledge regarding exclusive breast feeding. However, practice of exclusive breastfeeding for up to six months tended to be low so there should be efforts on encouraging and counseling for exclusive breast-feeding up to six months in hospital, community and immunization clinic.

scholarly journals Determinants of knowledge and practices of postnatal mothers on essential newborn care in a selected area of rural Haryana

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1674
Author(s):  
Mangi Lal Choudhary ◽  
Poonam Joshi ◽  
L. Levis Murry ◽  
Sumit Malhotra ◽  
M. Jeeva Sankar
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Thermal Control ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Eye Care ◽  
Cord Care ◽  
Essential Newborn Care ◽  
Postnatal Mothers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: Knowledge and practices of postnatal mothers is very crucial in providing care to newborns. Aim was to assess determinants of the knowledge and practices of postnatal mothers on essential newborn care.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 postnatal mother - neonate dyads in one of the selected Primary Health Centres (PHC) of rural Haryana. A self-developed, pre-tested and validated structured interview schedule containing socio-demographic, clinical profile information and a knowledge and practice questionnaires (α-0.79, 0.86) having 38 multiple choice questions (MCQs) and 28 items respectively were used for data collection covering various aspects of essential newborn care such as thermal care, breastfeeding, cord care, eye care, handwashing, and danger signs. Results: More than half (52%) of the postnatal mothers had moderate knowledge and 76.7% of postnatal mothers reported of adequate practices. Gaps were identified in terms of knowledge and practices in the domains of thermal control, breastfeeding, cord care and eye care. Overall knowledge and practice scores of postnatal mothers were positively correlated (r =0.71, p<0.001). Significant association was observed between the overall practice scores and socio-demographic variables of postnatal mothers such as religion [AOR] (4.96 95%CI; 1.21-20.2), level of education (47.5 95%CI; 2.8-820.2), socio-economic status (16.9 95%CI; 0.9-288.4).Conclusions: Some gaps were observed in the adopting safe practices in the domains of thermal control, breastfeeding, cord care and eye care among the postnatal mothers; necessitating need for education, reinforcement and dispelling the cultural beliefs.  

scholarly journals Newborn Care Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of One-Month-Old Infants in Southwest Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Amanuel Nuramo Sakelo ◽  
Nega Assefa ◽  
Lemessa Oljira ◽  
Zebene Mekonnen Assefa
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Cord Care ◽  
Southwest Ethiopia ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Newborn Care Practice

Newborn care refers to the care that is provided to the baby from birth to one-month-old by a caregiver or by the mothers including thermal care, hygienic care, cord care, eye care, breastfeeding, immunization, and identification of newborn danger signs. According to Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2016, the neonatal mortality rate was 29 deaths per 1000 live births, and the postneonatal mortality rate was 19 deaths per 1000 live births with neonates contributing 48 deaths per 1000 of the infant mortality. Neonatal mortality accounts for approximately two-thirds of all infant mortality worldwide. Objective. The objective of this study was to assess newborn care practice and associated factors among mothers with babies of one-month-old in Hossana town, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia, 2018. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 422 mothers with babies of one-month-old in Hossana town, southwest Ethiopia. The data were entered to EpiData 3.1 and exported to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were applied, and frequencies and odds ratios were calculated to determine the prevalence and associated factors, respectively. Results. In this study, 31% of participants had good newborn care practice based on three composite variables such as 84% who have done early breastfeeding initiation, 32.9% who have done safe cord care, and 30.6% who have done thermal care. Educational status of the mother’s, primary ( AOR = 2.80 , 95% CI: 1.027-7.637), secondary ( AOR = 2.596 , 95% CI: 0.921-7.316), and college and above ( AOR = 3.63 , 95% CI: 1.056-12.492); mothers who practiced handwashing (hygiene) before touching a newborn ( AOR = 2.552 , 95% CI: 1.092-5.963); and mothers who had good knowledge on newborn care practice ( AOR = 15.638 , 95% CI: 3.599-67.943) were significantly associated with newborn care practice. Conclusion and Recommendation. The present study indicated that the level of comprehensive newborn care practice was unsatisfactory; all responsible bodies were giving attention and intervene on the predictors to improve newborn care practice and provide health education regarding newborn care practice. Education level, health education (counseling) on hygiene, and knowledge of mother on newborn care practice were independent predictors of newborn care practice.

scholarly journals New Born Care Practice of Tharu Mothers

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Om Prasad Baral
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Cord Care ◽  
New Born ◽  
Newborn Care Practice ◽  
One Year ◽  
Loving Care

At birth every newborn must adopt quickly to life outside the womb. Most newborn breathe and cry at birth with no help. The care need to give immediately after birth is simple but important. Immediate subsequent care of newborn are; sleep, loving care, protection from infection, bathing, cord care ,immunization, breast feeding, vitamin A, safety and security. This paper explores the newborn care practice of the Tharu mothers who have less than one year child in Kolbi VDC of Bara district. The findings of the of the research has indicated that the majority of the respondents were regular antenatal checked up, conscious of cord cutting practice, satisfied immunization, colostrums feedings and oil bath. Academic Voices, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012, Pages 38-42 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/av.v2i1.8284

scholarly journals Essential newborn care practice and its associated factors in Southwest Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haimanot Abebe ◽  
Daniel Adane ◽  
Solomon Shitu
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Essential Newborn Care ◽  
Southwest Ethiopia ◽  
The Past ◽  
Newborn Care Practice ◽  
Pregnant Mothers

Abstract Background Essential newborn care is a wide-ranging strategy intended to improve the health of newborns by implementing appropriate interventions. Approximately in 2018, an estimated 2.5 million children died in their first month of life, which is approximately 7000, newborns every day, with about a third of all neonatal deaths occurring within the first day after birth. Even though the most cause of death is preventable the burden of neonatal death is a still high in developing countries including Ethiopia. Therefore this study is aimed to assess the level of essential newborn care practice among mothers who gave birth within the past six months in Gurage Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers who gave birth within the past six months in Gurage Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. For the quantitative part, 624 study participants were involved by using a multi-stage sampling method. A systematic random sampling technique was to reach the study subjects. Data entry was carried out by Epi data version 4.0.0 and analysis was done by SPSS window version 24. Binary and multivariate logistic regressions were used to identify associated factors. For the qualitative part, three focus group discussions (FGD) with purposively selected 30 mothers were involved. The data were analyzed deductively by using the thematic framework analysis approach by using Open code version 4.02. Result Overall good essential newborn care practice was found to be 41.0% [95%CI, 36.6–44.7]. Being urban residence [AOR 1.70, 95%CI: 1.03–2.79], attending antenatal care visit [AOR = 3.53, 95%CI: 2.14–5.83], attending pregnant mothers meeting [AOR = 1.86, 95%CI: 1.21–2.86], had immediate postnatal care [AOR = 3.92, 95% CI: 2.65–5.78], and having good knowledge about ENC [AOR = 2.13, 95% CI: 1.47–3.10] were significantly associated with good essential newborn care practice. Conclusion This study indicated that the magnitude of essential newborn care practice was low. Thus, a primary health care provider should regularly provide ENC for newborns and take opportunities to counsel the mothers about ENC during pregnant mothers meeting and MCH services sessions.

scholarly journals The effects of ANC follow up on essential newborn care practices in east Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu ◽  
Bereket Kefale ◽  
Amare Muche ◽  
Zinabu Fentaw ◽  
Reta Dewau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Essential Newborn Care ◽  
Newborn Care Practice

AbstractIn the situation of high maternal morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, less than 80% of pregnant women receive antenatal care services. To date, the overall effect of antenatal care (ANC) follow up on essential newborn practice have not been estimated in East Africa. Therefore, this study aims to identify the effect of ANC follow up on essential newborn care practice in East Africa. We reported this review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). We searched articles using PubMed, Cochrane library, African journal online (AJOL), and HINARI electronic databases as well as Google/Google scholar search engines. Heterogeneity and publication bias between studies were assessed using I2 test statistics and Egger’s significance test. Forest plots were used to present the findings. In this review, 27 studies containing 34,440 study participants were included. The pooled estimate of essential newborn care practice was 38% (95% CI 30.10–45.89) in the study area. Women who had one or more antenatal care follow up were about 3.71 times more likely practiced essential newborn care compared to women who had no ANC follow up [OR 3.71, 95% CI 2.35, 5.88]. Similarly, women who had four or more ANC follow up were 2.11 times more likely practiced essential newborn care compared to women who had less than four ANC follow up (OR 2.11, 95% CI 1.33, 3.35). Our study showed that the practice of ENBC was low in East Africa. Accordingly, those women who had more antenatal follow up were more likely practiced Essential newborn care. Thus, to improve the practice of essential newborn care more emphasis should be given on increasing antenatal care follow up of pregnant women in East Africa.

scholarly journals Essential Newborn Care Among Postnatal Mothers at Selected Health Centers in Eastern Province, Rwanda

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-151
Author(s):  
Miriam Batamuriza ◽  
Emmerence Uwingabire ◽  
Adejumo Oluyinka
Keyword(s):  
Newborn Care ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cord Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Essential Newborn Care ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Postnatal Mothers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Evidenced Based

Background Rwanda's neonatal mortality rate is 20/1000 live births, and the country aims to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of 12 deaths per 1000 live births, or less, by 2030. Countries have decreased newborn deaths, infections, and intensive care unit admissions using the evidenced-based 'Essential Newborn Care' (ENC) guidelines established by the World Health Organization. Objective To assess postnatal mothers’ knowledge and practice of Essential Newborn Care in Kayonza District, Rwanda. Method A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to assess 192 postnatal mothers at the six-week vaccination services at two health facilities. Data collection using a valid questionnaire occurred from February 28 to March 2, 2019. Data analysis included descriptive and binary logistic regression. Results The majority (65.1%) had good ENC knowledge and practice, whereas a third (34.9%) had poor knowledge and practice. Significant gaps in ENC included timing of breastfeeding 33(17.2%), cord care 32(16.7%), and thermoregulation of small birth weight newborns 6(3.1%). Significant associations with ENC included maternal age (p=0.003), and ENC education postpartum (p=0.020). Conclusion The overall knowledge and practice of ENC are encouraging in this population, particularly with ENC education given postpartum, and older mothers. However, major gaps included evidenced-based cord care, thermoregulation, and breastfeeding, particularly among younger mothers. Rwanda J Med Health Sci 2020;3(2):139-151

scholarly journals Awareness Regarding Newborn Danger Signs among Mothers in a Hospital of Rupandehi

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
Sigma Bhattarai ◽  
Chetkant Bhusal ◽  
Saraj Gurung ◽  
Nandini Poudel
Keyword(s):  
Total Duration ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Early Management ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Danger Signs ◽  
Education Status

INTRODUCTION: Newborn care is important for the proper development and healthy life of the baby and also in prevention of neonatal deaths from danger signs. The aim of the study was to find out the awareness regarding newborn danger signs among mothers in a hospital of Rupandehi. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Institutional based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the awareness regarding newborn danger signs among 56 mothers selected through non probability purposive sampling method. Data was collected by using semi-structured interview schedule and was analyzed by using descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (chi square) with Statistical Package for Social Science software (SPSS) version 20.0. The total duration of the study was from September 5, 2018 to September 19, 2018. RESULTS: The findings of the study revealed that half (50%) of the mothers had low level awareness regarding newborn danger signs. There was statistically significant association between mothers’ level of awareness regarding newborn danger signs with education status (p=0.001). CONCLUSION: Based on the study findings, it is concluded that still half of the respondents had low awareness regarding newborn danger signs. If all the mothers were aware regarding danger signs of their newborns. They can seek early management of the problems which help to reduce newborn morbidity and mortality. Thus, it is recommended to concerned authority to conduct awareness program to mothers regarding newborn danger signs.

scholarly journals Study on knowledge and practice of nursing mother regarding exclusive breast feeding irrespective of socio-demographic characteristics

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Nadia Begum ◽  
Monowar Ahmad Tarafdar ◽  
Saizuddin Kabir ◽  
Shila Rani Das ◽  
Sultana Begum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Nursing Mother ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

This descriptive type of cross- sectional study was conducted in Dhamrai, Dhaka among nursing mother with a sample size 120 using semi-structured questionnaire to determine the knowledge and practice regarding exclusive breast feeding irrespective of socio-demographic characteristics from January 2018 to February 2018 employing purposive sampling method. The percentage of mother-infant pair were highest within 20-30 years (65%) of age group. About 13.33% of mothers were illiterate, 33.33% had primary level and only 2.50% completed graduation; more than half (56.67%) of the mothers were housewives. It was revealed that 55.83% of the respondents had knowledge of exclusive breast feeding, however 42.50% of them gave only breast milk up to 6 months. The initiation of breast feeding within 1 hour was 47.50%, 32.50% within 1-2 hours. 8.83% after 2 hours, 9.16% of the respondents did not remember about the exact time and 2.50% did not breast fed their babies, the reason of not feeding breast milk was insufficient milk secretion. Premature complementary feeding was associated with an increased occurrence of vomiting (47.50%), diarrhea (59.16%), dyspnea (19.16%) but 55% of the respondents did not mentioned specific condition. One of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding is initiating breastfeeding within the first hour of delivery, the major barrier to achieving the recommendations of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding.

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