Assessment of knowledge regarding new-born care among mothers in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu

Rama, R; Gopalakrishnan, S; Pm, Udayshankar

doi:10.5455/2394-6040.ijcmph20141112

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“…According to the result of the multivariate analysis, only mother ‘s level of education was significantly associated with their knowledge of newborn care at which respondents with primary [5–8] education and above were found to have more good knowledge about newborn care than those who had no formal education. This finding was similar with a study done in Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India and Kanchipuram district, India at which there was an association between knowledge and education [10, 11]. Similarly, educational status was significantly associated with the attitude towards newborn at which respondents with primary and above education are more likely to have a positive attitude towards newborn care than those who have had no formal education.…”

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Knowledge, practice and associated factors of newborn care among postnatal mothers at health centers, Bahir Dar City, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2016

Kebede

2019

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Objective Most neonatal deaths occur in low income and middle-income countries and about half of the deaths occur at home. It is estimated that about 75% of neonatal deaths could be avoided with simple, low-cost tools that already exist such as antibiotics for pneumonia and sepsis, sterile blades to cut the umbilical cords using knit caps and kangaroo care to keep babies warm. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of newborn care among postnatal mothers at Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2016. An institutional based cross-sectional study design was used. The sample size was calculated by using a single population proportion formula. The total sample size was 422. The collected data was coded and entered to Epi-Data version 3.1 and exported and analyzed using SPSS version 23.0. Both descriptive and multivariate logistic regression was performed. Result A total of 414 postnatal mothers were interviewed with a response rate of 98.1%, among them 55.3% had good knowledge and 60.6% had a good practice of newborn care. Age of the mother, occupation, the month of pregnancy at first ANC visits, overall knowledge and attitude level was found to have a significant association with newborn care practice.

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Knowledge, practice and associated factors of newborn care among postnatal mothers at health centers, Bahir Dar City, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2016

Kebede

2019

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“…Respondents with no formal education had lesser score than those mothers who had higher education. This finding is consistent with studies done at Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India and Kanchipuram district, India [18, 29]. A probable explanation for this finding might be that a highly educated mother could have a better understanding or awareness about the importance of newborn care.…”

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“…The questionnaire was adopted from WHO tool [16], accordingly from previous studies [11, 13, 17, 18] and after consultation with an experts in public health to include their opinions regarding the construct of the questionnaire to ascertain the validity. Required modifications were done based on the outcome variable of the study.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice among mothers about newborn care in Sindh, Pakistan

Memon

Holakouie-Naieni

Majdzadeh

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BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background Each year nearly 7.7 million children under five years die around the world; out of which approximately 3.1 million of the newborns die during the neonatal period and almost all these (99%) deaths occur in the developing countries. According to the World Health Organization’s estimation neonatal deaths account for 45% of the under-five deaths. More than one-third of these deaths occur in the first 24 h of birth, whereas three-quarter of the neonatal deaths takes place in the first seven days of birth. The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) among mothers about newborns’ care and its related factors in district Badin Sindh province of Pakistan. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2017 to August 2017 to assess the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) in mothers regarding newborn care. A structured questionnaire was administered, after pretest, for data gathering through face to face interview. All survey participants were identified using multi-stage cluster sampling. A scoring system was used to calculate the level of KAP among participants. Independent sample t-test, ANOVA, and GLM were applied to identify the statistical difference between the means of various groups. Result A total of 518 survey participants were interviewed. Among the study sample, more than half of the newborns were bathed within six hours of delivery. Around 50% started breastfeeding after 1 h of birth. A substantial proportion (45%) of mothers gave pre-lacteal feeding and 44.8% of them did not feed colostrum to their newborns. Among those who administered pre-lacteal to their newborn babies included animal/formula milk (15.4%), honey (24.5%) and fresh butter/ghee (5.2. %). Mothers with no education had less significant KAP score about newborn care as compared to those who had higher education ( p < 0.05). Conclusion This study revealed that high-risk factors such as immediate bathing, application of traditional substances on the cord, delayed initiation of breastfeeding, discarding colostrum and giving pre-lacteal feed to newborns were highly prevalent. This requires urgent attention of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) programs and health care delivery system to prevent harmful care practices and adopt healthy practices especially in the rural settings.

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“…In this study, one of the factors significantly associated with our study was educational status. This was in line with a study conducted in India 19 and Tigray 15 as well as Udupi district, 19 Tamil Nadu, 20 and Bahir Dar City. 21 In our study, parity had significantly associated with knowledge level, which was in line with a study conducted in Addis Ababa, 14 while ANC visit does not have a significant association.…”

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Level of knowledge toward essential newborn care practices among postnatal mothers in governmental hospitals of Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia

Leta

2022

SAGE Open Medicine

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Objectives: Essential newborn care is a set of comprehensive recommendations designed by the World Health Organization to improve the newborn’s health through intervention before conception, during pregnancy, soon after birth, and the postnatal period. Globally 4 million newborns die every year before they reach the age of 1 month. Therefore, this study assessed the level of knowledge and associated factors toward essential newborn care practices among postnatal mothers attending postnatal service in governmental hospital of Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia, 2020 Methods: Facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Harar Town, Jugul, and HiwotFana Specialized University Hospital. Voluntary postnatal mothers who are randomly selected were participated in the study. A total number of 266 women were included in the study. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews. The training was given for data collectors, and data evaluation was done on daily basis. Cleaned data were entered to SPSS version 20, and multiple logistic regression analysis was used for better prediction of determinants and to reduce bias due to confounders. Those variables with a p value less than 0.25 were entered into multiple logistic regression analyses. Associations with p value less than 0.05 were declared as statistically significant. Text, figures, and tables presented the result. Result: The overall prevalence of good knowledge was 57.2%. Educational status, average monthly income, antenatal care visit, and parity had significantly associated with outcome variables. Conclusion: More than half of mothers had inadequate newborn care knowledge. In addition, educational status, average family monthly income, frequency of antenatal care visit, and parity were independently associated with knowledge on essential newborn care. Therefore, more significant improvement in essential newborn care practices could be attained through policy implications and recommendations. Therefore, we recommend that stakeholders of the health sector have a close follow-up on maternal and newborn care services and maintain a strategy that will incorporate maternal education service on essential newborn care practice.

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Assessment of knowledge regarding new-born care among mothers in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu

Abstract: With a high focus on these aspects, the Government of India launched Reproductive and Child Health (RCH)

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Knowledge, practice and associated factors of newborn care among postnatal mothers at health centers, Bahir Dar City, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2016

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Knowledge, practice and associated factors of newborn care among postnatal mothers at health centers, Bahir Dar City, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2016

Knowledge, attitude, and practice among mothers about newborn care in Sindh, Pakistan

Level of knowledge toward essential newborn care practices among postnatal mothers in governmental hospitals of Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia

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