Knowledge, attitude and practices on the care of the newborn in postnatal mothers delivering at a tertiary care centre in Nepal

Yadav, Suman; Saund, Mohan; Thakur, Jitendra; Yadav, Punita; Yadav, Sunil Kumar; Shah, G. L.

doi:10.4038/sljch.v45i3.8027

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“…Evidence from different studies which was conducted in Ethiopia and other parties of world stated that mother's knowledge about neonatal danger signs were low [7][8][9][10]. Studies done in four regions of Ethiopia, Enugu state, South-East of Nigeria, Nakuru Central District, Kenya and Gondar town, North West of Ethiopia showed that mothers knowledge of three or more danger signs were 29.3%, 30.3%, 15.5% and 18.2% respectively [8,9,11,12].…”

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Mother’s Level of Knowledge on Neonatal Danger Signs and Its Predictors in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

Mersha¹

2017

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Abstract:Introduction: Neonates and young infants often present with non-specific symptoms and signs of severe illness that indicate presence of severe infection which may require immediate care. So, mother's knowledge is very important to recognize those symptoms to prevent further complications even dealth. But there is a gap in assessing mothers knowledge in neonatal danger signs. Because, almost all studies in Ethiopia assessed mother's knowledge based on only one danger sign out of nine WHO recognized danger signs. So, the main aim of this study was to assess level of knowledge about neonatal danger signs based on 10 WHO recognized danger signs in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia. Methods: Community based cross sectional study was conducted in 630 mothers from February 8-28, 2017 by using one-stage cluster sampling method. Structured interviewer administered pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the data. The collected data were entered into Epi data version 3.1 and then exported into SPSS window version 22 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was done by using binary logistic regression to see the association between each independent variable and the outcome variable. The goodness of fit was tested by Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic and Omnibus tests. Multi co-linearity test was carried out to see the correlation between independent variables using standard error and collinearity statistics. Variables with P<0.2 in the bivariate analysis were included in to final model and statistical significance were declared at P< 0.05. Result: In this study 50.3% (95%CI: 46.4%, 54.2%) of mothers had good level of knowledge who knows three or more neonatal danger signs out of WHO stated 10 neonatal danger signs. Place of residence, presence of radio in the household and knowledge about essential newborn care were statistically significant association with knowledge about neonatal danger signs with odds (AOR=1.58, 95%CI: 1.05, 2.37), (AOR=1.67, 95%CI: 1.13, 2.49) and (AOR=5.29, 95%CI: 3.61, 7.78) respectively. Conclusion/recommendations: This study revealed that mothers level of knowledge about neonatal danger signs were low. Therefore, strengthening the provision of health information and ENC by designing appropriate strategies like Information Education Communication and Behavioural Change Communications both at facility and community level and advocate to use media as source of information should be promoted.

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Mother’s Level of Knowledge on Neonatal Danger Signs and Its Predictors in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

Mersha¹

2017

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“…In a similar study conducted by Yadav et al almost 50% of mothers considered fever, vomiting and jaundice as danger signs. 10 Whereas, Aswathi et al found fever and excessive cry as to be the serious danger signs. 11 It was observed that 72 (16.7%) of the respondents had adequate knowledge in neonatal danger signs.…”

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Knowledge on essential newborn care among antenatal mothers attending tertiary care hospital

J.Aravindan¹,

Indira²,

Kumar³

2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Globally 4 million newborn die every year before they reach the age of one month. To achieve the millennium developmental goals newborn survival is essential. Aim of the study was to assess the level of knowledge of antenatal women on essential new born care and danger signs during neonatal period, to find the association of sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics with maternal knowledge level. Settings and design included descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: The study enrolled 439 antenatal women by convenient sampling technique. A pretested semi structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge. Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) 21 version was used to analysis the data. Chi square was calculated to find the association. P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The study shows that 16.7% respondents had adequate knowledge about danger signs during neonatal period. The maternal age, parity, socioeconomic status, parity had significantly associated with the maternal knowledge regarding new-born care (p<0.05).Conclusions: Majority of the ante natal mother had poor knowledge on new born care.

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“…Appropriate knowledge and practice, while nursing the newborn decreases the risk of infections and effectively decreases morbidity and neonatal mortality. 1 Neonatal mortality of India is 30 deaths per 1000 live birth. 2 IMR of India is 41 per 1000 live birth.…”

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Awareness and attitude regarding postnatal care and immunization practice among antenatal mothers

Srinivasa

Agrawal

Madhurya

et al. 2020

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Under 5 mortality is a key indicator of health status of the country. Optimum care in postnatal period with immunization as per recommended schedule and exclusive breastfeeding with appropriate technology are the most essential factors for optimum growth and development of the child and to prevent under five mortality. The study was done to assess the knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers on vaccination and postnatal care.Methods: Total 150 pregnant women were required to answer a series of questionnaire related to demographic data, awareness and attitude towards postnatal care, breastfeeding and immunization.Results: Total 90% of the women are aware regarding immunization at birth, 87% of them got the information from a person, who is directly related to health system. Statistically 97.3% mother were aware about importance to keep the baby covered. Every 3 out of 4 women knew that breastfeeding to be started within 1 hour of life. Only 40% were aware that prelacteal feed should never be given to newborns and 74% of the women think that jaundice in newborn requires evaluation.Conclusions: There is a need to educate antenatal mothers about various aspects of immunization and postnatal care including breastfeeding.

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Knowledge, attitude and practices on the care of the newborn in postnatal mothers delivering at a tertiary care centre in Nepal

Cited by 13 publications

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Mother’s Level of Knowledge on Neonatal Danger Signs and Its Predictors in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

Mother’s Level of Knowledge on Neonatal Danger Signs and Its Predictors in Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

Knowledge on essential newborn care among antenatal mothers attending tertiary care hospital

Awareness and attitude regarding postnatal care and immunization practice among antenatal mothers

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