Parents' knowledge and behaviour concerning sunning their babies; a cross-sectional, descriptive study

Aladağ, Nihal; Fílíz, Tuncay Müge; Topsever, Pınar; Görpelioğlu, Süleyman

doi:10.1186/1471-2431-6-27

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“…It seems that a large gap of practices exists among Chinese mothers from Singapore and the Chinese mainland. Consistent with our findings, a cross-sectional, descriptive study from Turkey showed that 12.7% of respondents claimed that sun exposure was good for NNJ, and only a small proportion of mothers reported using sunscreen for their babies before sun exposure [16]. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports or recommendations about the benefit of sun exposure for NNJ in the medical literature.…”

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confidence: 88%

Prenatal Training Improves New Mothers’ Understanding of Jaundice

Zhang

Jian

et al. 2015

Med Sci Monit

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BackgroundMothers’ knowledge of neonatal jaundice (NNJ) is grossly deficient or inaccurate, which may adversely affect the actions of mothers in the recognition of NNJ and cause a delay in seeking medical attention.Material/MethodsA total of 1036 primiparas were separated randomly into the intervention group and the control group, with 518 primiparas in each group.ResultsAll (100%) mothers in the intervention group understood that NNJ is a yellow discoloration of the skin and sclera; 94.19% of them considered that NNJ is a common problem in newborns; 82.80% and 95.27% replied that jaundice appearing within the first 36 hours and lasting more than 2 weeks usually indicates pathological NNJ; 96.34%, 80.86%, and 90.32% realized that premature newborns, low birth weight, and perinatal asphyxia, respectively, are more likely to be accompanied by NNJ; 97.41%, 78.71%, and 64.95% knew that maternal-fetal blood group incompatibility, infection, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, respectively, are the common inducements to NNJ; 94.84% could associate NNJ with brain damage; 92.26%, 93.12%, and 74.62% agreed that phototherapy, strengthen feeding, and exchange blood transfusion, respectively, can greatly relieve NNJ. However, some respondents in the control group responded in other ways, such as stopping breastfeeding (9.19%), placing newborns in sunlight (10.24%) and traditional Chinese medicine (10.24%), which was significantly higher than that of the intervention group. There was also a significant delay for respondents in the control group in consulting a pediatrician, and 6.30% of them did not seek medical help until after the interview.ConclusionsPrenatal training could significantly improve new mothers’ understanding of NNJ.

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confidence: 88%

Prenatal Training Improves New Mothers’ Understanding of Jaundice

Zhang

Jian

et al. 2015

Med Sci Monit

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“…Thus the observed high level of awareness reported in this and other studies must also not distract from the underlying risks associated with sources of NNJ education that are not health workers. This finding is reassuring as some professional health workers have been blamed for encouraging or perhaps not discouraging direct sunlight exposure as possible treatment for NNJ which is still common in many developing countries [25,27,29,30]. One study in Nigeria reported that 50.7% of mothers who claimed awareness of NNJ indicated exposure to sunlight as their preferred treatment option [27].…”

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confidence: 95%

Pattern and predictors of maternal care-seeking practices for severe neonatal jaundice in Nigeria: a multi-centre survey

Ezeaka

Ugwu

Mukhtar-Yola

et al. 2014

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundNigeria is frequently associated with disproportionately high rates of severe neonatal jaundice (NNJ) underpinned by widespread Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Timely and appropriate treatment of NNJ is crucial for preventing the associated morbidity and neuro-developmental sequelae. Since mothers are likely to be the first mostly to observe the onset of severe illness in their newborns, we set out to identify the pattern and predictors of maternal care-seeking practices for NNJ in three culturally-distinct settings in Nigeria.MethodsA multi-centre study was conducted among women attending antenatal clinics in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt from October 2011 to April 2012 using a pretested questionnaire. Predictors of awareness of NNJ, accurate recognition of NNJ, use of potentially harmful therapies and preference for future hospital treatment were determined with multivariate logistic regressions.ResultsOf the 488 participants drawn from the three locations, 431 (88.3%) reported awareness of NNJ, predominantly (57.8%) attributable to professional health workers. A total of 309 (63.3%) mothers with prior knowledge of NNJ claimed they could recognise NNJ, but 270 (87.4%) from this group accurately identified the features of NNJ. Multiparous mothers (Adjusted odds ratio, AOR:4.05; 95% CI:1.75-9.36), those with tertiary education (AOR:1.91; CI:1.01-3.61), and those residing in Lagos (AOR:2.96; CI:1.10-7.97) were more likely to have had prior knowledge of NNJ. Similarly, multiparous mothers (AOR:2.38; CI:1.27-4.46) and those with tertiary education (AOR:1.92; CI:1.21-3.05) were more likely to recognise an infant with jaundice accurately. Mothers educated by health workers were 40% less likely to resort to potentially harmful treatment for NNJ (AOR:0.60; CI:0.39-0.92) but more likely to seek hospital treatment in future for an infant suspected with jaundice (AOR:1.88; CI:1.20-2.95).ConclusionsWomen with tertiary education and multiparous mothers who attend routine antenatal clinics are more likely than less educated women, to be associated with appropriate care-seeking practices for infants with NNJ regardless of the socio-cultural setting. Systematic efforts by professional health workers are warranted, as part of routine antenatal care, to engage other groups of mothers especially those likely to indulge in self-use of potentially harmful therapies.

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“…This resulted in noncompliance with recommendations among Muslim women in Australia; some supplements contain the animal form of vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol) that may not be socially acceptable. In addition, for immigrants from southern latitudes, where sun exposure is commonly used as a means to strengthen bones (Aladag et al 2006), who have moved to latitudes where winter limits ultraviolet beta (UVB) exposure, a transition to other sources of vitamin D may not be the cultural norm.…”

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Vitamin D supplementation of Canadian infants: practices of Montreal mothers

Gallo

Jean-Philippe

Rodd

et al. 2010

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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Health policy in North America advocates that all breastfed infants receive a vitamin D supplement of 400 IU per day for the primary prevention of rickets. Despite this recommendation, rickets still occurs in Canada. It is not known whether vitamin D deficiency in the Canadian population is solely attributable to inadequacies in vitamin supplementation. Thus, the evaluation of current practices, including awareness and compliance with recommendations, is clearly needed. The objective of this study was to describe the vitamin D supplementation practices of mothers of newborns living in the Montreal area. This was a cross-sectional telephone survey of 343 mothers delivering a healthy term infant from December 2007 to May 2008 at the Royal Victoria Hospital (Montreal, Que.). Ninety percent of all mothers breastfed their infants during the first 6 months; 53% did so exclusively. Of mothers exclusively breastfeeding, 74% reported meeting the Health Canada recommendation. The main reason for not adhering to the recommendation was the assumption by mothers who began to feed fortified formula (400 IU.L-1) that supplementation was no longer necessary. Fifty percent of infants receiving mixed feedings without supplementation prior to 6 months did not achieve the recommended intake. Receiving advice about supplementation and the higher education of mothers were significant positive determinants of supplementation practices. This work identified infants consuming mixed feedings and those consuming only formula in the first 6 months as groups at high risk for not meeting the recommended 400 IU.day-1 of vitamin D. Therefore there may still be gaps in knowledge regarding vitamin D supplementation.

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Parents' knowledge and behaviour concerning sunning their babies; a cross-sectional, descriptive study

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Prenatal Training Improves New Mothers’ Understanding of Jaundice

Prenatal Training Improves New Mothers’ Understanding of Jaundice

Pattern and predictors of maternal care-seeking practices for severe neonatal jaundice in Nigeria: a multi-centre survey

Vitamin D supplementation of Canadian infants: practices of Montreal mothers

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