Cross sectional study on newborn care practices in a rural area

Mani, Chandra; Lal, Prabhat Kumar; Kumar, Lalit

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190456

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“…In present study 61.64% recently delivered mothers had initiated breastfeeding within one hour of delivery. However considerably lower rates 39.6% and 21.3% have been found by Mani et al in Chhattisgarh and Vyas et al in Uttarakhand respectively 10,11. Contrary to present study findings, a large scale survey from rural Uttar Pradesh…”

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Early initiation of breastfeeding among recently delivered mothers in a rural area of Moradabad, India

Goyal

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Early initiation of breastfeeding defined by World Health Organization as initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of birth, provides new-borns the best chance for survival, growth and development. Yet the rates of early initiation are still low (41.5%), varying widely in different parts of India. Present study was done to find the proportion of early initiation of breastfeeding and associated factors in a rural area.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 73 recently delivered mothers residing in a rural area of Moradabad, who were interviewed using a semi structured questionnaire with early initiation of breastfeeding as outcome variable. For statistical analysis Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests were used.Results: 61.64% recently delivered mothers responded that they had initiated breastfeeding within one hour of delivery. Early initiation was significantly lower among working mothers as compared to housewives. No significant differences in timely initiation have been found with mother age, religion and type of family. However significant association of early initiation was found between full antenatal care (ANC) and breastfeeding counselling.Conclusions: More than sixty percent mothers initiated breastfeeding within an hour of delivery. Full ANC and breastfeeding counselling can help in improving rates of early initiation.

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Early initiation of breastfeeding among recently delivered mothers in a rural area of Moradabad, India

Goyal

2019

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“…This finding is in line with the results of Mani et al which suggests that there is a gap between knowledge and practices related to maintenance of temperature in neonates. 10 Despite showing relatively moderately poor knowledge, mothers demonstrated good practice of skin to skin contact.…”

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

Choudhary

Joshi

Murry

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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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.

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Cross sectional study on newborn care practices in a rural area

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Early initiation of breastfeeding among recently delivered mothers in a rural area of Moradabad, India

Early initiation of breastfeeding among recently delivered mothers in a rural area of Moradabad, India

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

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