Assessment of Practice and Factors associated with Sunlight Exposure of Infants among Mothers in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Teklehaimanot, Wegayehu Zeneb; Deribe, Leul; Tesfaye, Tewodros; Mihretie, Abebe; Tizazu, Michael Amera; Mekuriyaw, Abebayehu Melesew; Mamo, Kassa; Muluneh, Mikyas Arega

doi:10.2147/phmt.s330896

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“…This study explored the practices and factors associated with neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers attending governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and found that 27.1% of mothers practised good neonatal sunlight exposure. The findings of this study were lower than those of studies conducted in Ethiopia in the South Gondar zone (54.3%), 19 Debre Markos town (44.6%), 18 Debre Berhan town (34.3%) 20 and Aleta Wondo town (32.6%). 21 The possible reason might be due to differences in housing type, family size and mothers' fear of sunlight exposure.…”

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“…According to recent studies in Ethiopia among mothers, 55.4% in Debre Markos town, 52% in the South Gondar zone and 34.3% in Debre Berhan town had poor practice of exposing neonates to sunlight. [18][19][20] Numerous factors may be associated with the practice of neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers. These factors include sociodemographic factors such as age, marital status, educational status, occupation of mother, neonatal age, family size, place of residence, type of housing, educational status of the husband, household monthly income, [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] maternal and neonatal-related factors such as antenatal care (ANC) follow-up, place of delivery, gestational age, birth weight, mother's knowledge 13 16 17 21 23 25 and fear of sunlight exposure.…”

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“…[18][19][20] Numerous factors may be associated with the practice of neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers. These factors include sociodemographic factors such as age, marital status, educational status, occupation of mother, neonatal age, family size, place of residence, type of housing, educational status of the husband, household monthly income, [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] maternal and neonatal-related factors such as antenatal care (ANC) follow-up, place of delivery, gestational age, birth weight, mother's knowledge 13 16 17 21 23 25 and fear of sunlight exposure. 16 18 19 21 26 However, little is known about the practice of neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers in Ethiopia.…”

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“…Although daily sunlight exposure remains the cheapest, safest and most effective method of prevention of rickets, significant numbers of children are not properly exposed to sunlight. According to recent studies in Ethiopia among mothers, 55.4% in Debre Markos town, 52% in the South Gondar zone and 34.3% in Debre Berhan town had poor practice of exposing neonates to sunlight 18–20. Numerous factors may be associated with the practice of neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers.…”

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Attitudes of mothers attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to neonatal sunlight exposure: a cross-sectional study

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Sebsibe

Gela

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BackgroundSunlight exposure helps the body produce vitamin D, prevents rickets and is used for neonatal jaundice treatment. Good neonatal sunlight exposure is exposing the neonate to sunlight in the morning, 8:00 to 10:00, for 30 to 60 min. However, little is known about the practice of neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess the practices and factors associated with neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.MethodsAn institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 420 mothers attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa. Study participants were selected using a systematic random sampling method. The collected data were entered into Epi-data V.4.6 and exported to SPSS V.26 for analysis. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were conducted.ResultsThe practice of neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers was 27.1%. Neonatal age of 16–28 days (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.99, 95% CI 1.15 to 3.44), family members of 4–6 (aOR 1.86, 95% CI 1.08 to 3.21) and ≥7 (aOR 4.43, 95% CI 1.54 to 12.78), living in compound/villa houses (aOR 2.59, 95% CI 1.26 to 5.33), complete antenatal care (ANC) follow-up (aOR 2.79, 95% CI 1.49 to 5.22), delivery at term (aOR 2.54, 95% CI 1.06 to 6.07), poor knowledge of sunlight exposure (aOR 0.40, 95% CI 0.23 to 0.71) and no fear of sunlight exposure (aOR 1.83, 95% CI 1.08 to 3.12) were factors associated with the practice of neonatal sunlight exposure.ConclusionThis study revealed that 27.1% of mothers had good sunlight exposure. Advanced neonatal age, larger family, living in compound/villa houses, complete ANC visits and term delivery were associated with good practices, whereas poor knowledge and fear of sunlight exposure were associated with poor practices. Therefore, interventions focusing on these findings are required to improve the practice of neonatal sunlight exposure.

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Attitudes of mothers attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to neonatal sunlight exposure: a cross-sectional study

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“…The findings then revealed that 11.2% were unaware of the importance of infant sunlight exposure, and 42.3% practiced it poorly. This finding supports the growing public health concern of inadequate infant sunlight exposure across the country ( 18–25 ). Similarly, reports from Farta district, Gonder (53.98%) ( 25 ), Yirgalem, Sidama (5.2%) ( 23 ), Debre Markos, Gojam (40%) ( 21 ), and Debre Birhan, Shewa (35.3%) ( 18 ), found that a significant number of study participants were not aware of the benefits of infants’ exposure to sunlight.…”

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Knowledge and practice of infant exposure to sunlight among mothers in the rural villages of Mettu district, southwest Ethiopia

Tadesse¹,

Yeshanew

Geda

2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundSunlight is essential for the synthesis of vitamin D and supports bone growth and strength. The awareness of mothers about the benefit of exposing their infants to sunlight, as well as the practice of doing so, is important to a child’s proper growth and development. The current study looked into mothers’ knowledge, practice, and factors related to infant sunlight exposure in rural villages in the Mettu district, southwest Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study design was utilized with randomly selected mothers of newborns from rural areas in the Mettu district. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information. Analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS version 21 software. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out, and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsAmong the 600 mothers who participated in the present study, 397 (66.2%) had good knowledge and 346 (57.7%) practiced proper exposure of their infants to sunlight. Out of the 482 mothers who practiced sunning, 382 (79.3%) did it daily, and 409 (84.8%) began sunning before 45 days of birth. However, 453 (94%) of the mothers used lubricants while sunbathing. Sociodemographic characteristics were found to have statistically significant associations with the level of knowledge and practice of mothers. Mothers with four to six children [AOR = 0.511, 95% CI: (0.352–0.741)] and those who got the information from health professionals [AOR = 3.285, 95% CI: (2.154, 5.011)] for the knowledge level, and mothers aged 36 years old and above [AOR = 0.801, 95% CI: (0.533, 0.161)], who were married during the data collection period [AOR = 0.370, 95% CI: (0.155, 0.884)], and employed by the government [AOR = 4.081, CI: (1.477, 11.280)] for the practice level were found to be significantly (p < 0.05) associated with the level of infant sunning.ConclusionDespite the fact that the majority of mothers in the study area had good knowledge and practice of infant sunlight exposure, there are clear signs that further work is needed to narrow the large gap seen in the present findings. Thus, district and zonal health offices, as well as stakeholders working with children, should start periodical maternity health education, and professional development training for health post workers.

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Maternal Misconceptions Against Infant Sunlight Exposure Are Still Bottlenecks in Northwest Ethiopia, by 2022

Erega

2023

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BACKGROUND: Sunlight has been used for therapeutic purposes for neonatal jaundice. Exposure to sunlight is vital for the synthesis of vitamin D. Lack of exposure to sunlight is the single most important cause of rickets. Rickets is a major public health problem in many countries of the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Vitamin D deficiency due to low exposure to sunlight, suboptimal exclusive breastfeeding, and low vitamin D intake is one of the health problems in Ethiopia. The implementation of the strategy has remained inconsistent and lacked focus on factors that influence maternal practice, excluding infants from getting adequate sunlight. OBJECTIVE: To assess knowledge, practices, and factors affecting sunlight exposure of infants among women attending Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, 2022. METHODS: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted through patient interviews at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from May 2022 to July 2022. Study participants were selected using a systematic random sampling method. A pretest was conducted on 5% (18) of participants before the actual data collection began. The data was collected by five BSc midwives. Data was entered into EpiData version 4.6.2 and exported to SPSS Software version 25 for further analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were carried out to test the association between each independent variable and the dependent variable. At 95% CI, variables with a p-value < 0.05 in the multivariate logistic regression model were considered as associated factors. RESULTS: About 67.5% and 62.1% of the mothers had good knowledge and good practice about adequate sunlight exposure, respectively. Mother’s age, mother’s educational status, marital status, and family size were the factors associated with sunlight exposure in multinomial logistic regression. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS: According to our study, participants did not have good knowledge and practice regarding sunlight exposure of infants. Therefore, health education focusing on the importance of sunlight exposure is important to improve the knowledge and practice of mothers towards sunlight exposure of their infants.

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Assessment of Practice and Factors associated with Sunlight Exposure of Infants among Mothers in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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References 23 publications

Attitudes of mothers attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to neonatal sunlight exposure: a cross-sectional study

Attitudes of mothers attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to neonatal sunlight exposure: a cross-sectional study

Knowledge and practice of infant exposure to sunlight among mothers in the rural villages of Mettu district, southwest Ethiopia

Maternal Misconceptions Against Infant Sunlight Exposure Are Still Bottlenecks in Northwest Ethiopia, by 2022

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