Background Hygienic practices during complementary food preparation are suboptimal in developing countries, in Ethiopia in particular. Hygienic complementary food preparation is crucial to prevent childhood communicable diseases like diarrhea and associated malnutrition among children aged 6–24 months. However, in Ethiopia, there is a paucity of evidence on the practice of hygiene during complementary food preparation. Thus, this study is aimed to assess the hygienic practice of complementary food preparation and associated factors among women having children aged 6–24 months in Debark town, northwest Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 423 mothers with 6–24 months of age children from December 1 to January 30, 2021. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire. Epi-data version 4.6 and SPSS version 23 software were used for data entry and analysis, respectively. Binary logistic regressions (Bivariable and multivariable) were performed to identify statistically significant variables. Adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI was used to declare statistically significant variables on the basis of p-value < 0.05 in the multivariable logistic regression model. Results The study revealed that 44.9% (95% CI (40.2, 49.4%)) of the mothers having children aged 6–24 months had good practice of complementary food preparation. Maternal age of 25–29 years[AOR:3.23, 95% CI: (1.555–9.031)], husband’s attained secondary school and above (AOR:2.65, 95% CI (1.211–5.783)], using modern stove for cooking [AOR:3.33,95% CI (1.404–7.874)], having a separate kitchen[AOR: 8.59, 95%Cl: (2.084–35.376], and having a three bowl dishwashing system(AOR: 8.45, 95% CL: (4.444–16.053)) were significantly associated with good hygiene practice of complementary food preparation. Conclusions The findings have indicated that the majority of the mothers had poor hygienic practices of complementary food preparation. Mother’s age, husband’s educational status, type of stove used for cooking, having a separate kitchen, having a three bowl dishwashing system were factors that significantly influenced the hygiene practice of mothers during complementary food preparation. Therefore, training and counseling mothers and caregivers on complementary food processing and preparation is important and such endeavors which inform the development and implementation of complementary food hygiene interventions in urban communities are recommended.

Background Improving the prevalence of compassionate and respectful maternity care is a critical agenda and an important component of healthcare provider quality assurance. Making compassionate and respectful maternity care available is an important way to increase facility-based childbirth use in Ethiopia. However, evidence on compassionate and respectful maternal care during labour delivery services is limited. Therefore, this study aimed to assess compassionate and respectful maternity care, and its predictors, among those who gave birth in health facilities in North Gondar. Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from May to July 2020 in a public health facility in North Gondar, Ethiopia. Systematic random sampling was used to select 398 study participants. Data were collected from participants using a pretested structured questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression model analyses with 95% confidence intervals were carried out to identify predictors of compassionate and respectful maternity care. Results A total of 398 respondents participated in the study. The overall prevalence of compassionate, respectful maternal care was 52.5%. Having primary school level education (adjusted odds ratio: 1.96), having attended antenatal care (adjusted odds ratio: 2.92), labour lasting for less than 6 hours (adjusted odds ratio: 2.22), and the intention to give birth in a health facility (adjusted odds ratio: 3.06) were significant predictors of compassionate and respectful maternity care. Conclusions The prevalence of compassionate and respectful maternity care was low and violations of women's rights are an important barrier to women seeking to give birth in a health facility. Hence, to promote high-quality maternal health services, health professionals must practice women-friendly approaches to improve the relationship between health workers and mothers during their stay at health facilities. Enforcing respectful maternity care is vital to strengthen maternal services and improve the rate of institution-based birth.

Introduction: Pregnant women are at high risk for coronavirus because of their physiologic and immunologic changes. Hence, preventive measures are essential as they prevent higher mortality. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the prevention of coronavirus in the study area. Thus, this study assesses knowledge, attitude, practice, and associated factor towards coronavirus prevention among pregnant women is crucial. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was employed among 549 pregnant women from June 1 to 30, 2021. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire. The software Epi-data version 4.6 and SPSS version 23 were used for data entry and analysis, respectively. Binary logistic regressions (bivariable and multivariable) were performed to identify statistically significant variables. Adjusted odds ratio with a 95% CI was used to declare statistically significant variables on the basis of a p-value < 0.05 in the multivariable logistic regression model. Results: Of the overall sample required (N = 549), 538 pregnant women with 98.0% response rate. The prevalence of good knowledge was 67.3% (95% CI: 63.0, 71.0), a desirable attitude was 43.0% (95% CI: 42.6%, 50.6%), and good practice was 51.6% (95% CI: 47.0, 55.9%) towards coronavirus prevention. Urban residents (AOR: 2.12, 95%, CI: 1.40, 3.20), unemployed husbands (AOR: 0.39, 95%, CI: 0.25, 0.62) and less than 3000 Ethiopian birr family income (AOR: 0.53, 95%, CI: 0.32, 0.85) were found to be statistically significant with knowledge of coronavirus, where as participants’ age (32–38 years) (AOR:2.24, 95%, CI:1.02, 4.26), participants’ education( AOR:2.33, 95%CI:1.19, 4.55), husbands’ education (AOR:2.88(95% CI:1.35,4.54),and husband’s occupation (AOR: 1.94, 95%, CI: 1.24, 3.03) were also significantly associated with the practice of coronavirus prevention. Conclusions: The findings have indicated that the prevalence of the study participants who had good knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards prevention of coronavirus were low compared to developing countries. Hence, healthcare providers should provide health education to pregnant mothers during antenatal care visits and disseminate leaflets regarding the COVID-19 preventive measures.

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