Knowledge of Essential Newborn Care and Associated Factors among Nurses and Midwives: A Cross-Sectional Study at Public Health Facilities in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2019.
Journal
International journal of pediatrics
ISSN: 1687-9740
Titre abrégé: Int J Pediatr
Pays: Egypt
ID NLM: 101517077
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
29
08
2019
revised:
20
01
2020
accepted:
17
02
2020
entrez:
21
4
2020
pubmed:
21
4
2020
medline:
21
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Knowledge of essential newborn care and proper practice is important for the survival, growth, and development of a newborn. In spite of its essentiality, most health-care professionals do not know and follow the World Health Organization recommendation. Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing knowledge of essential newborn care and associated factors among nurses and midwives working in maternal health case team at public health facilities of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia, 2019. Institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from March to April 2019. Data were collected by using pretested questionnaire, and 36 public health facilities were selected after stratifying them based on their level of service and number of nurses and midwives working in maternal health-care team. All 218 nurses and midwives who were working in the delivery unit from selected facilities were included in the study. The collected data were entered into Epi data 3.02 and exported to statistical software for social sciences version 22 for analysis. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were done. Statistical significance of variables was declared as a A total of 218 nurses and midwives were participated in the study. Among them, 57.9% of participants had good knowledge of essential newborn care. The type of profession (AOR = 5.79, [2.47, 13.58]), educational level (AOR = 3.26, [1.42, 7.52]), interest to work in delivery room (AOR = 4.85, [1.89, 12.42]), and presence of guidelines (AOR = 2.29, [1.18, 4.45]) were the factors significantly associated with having knowledge of essential newborn care.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Knowledge of essential newborn care and proper practice is important for the survival, growth, and development of a newborn. In spite of its essentiality, most health-care professionals do not know and follow the World Health Organization recommendation. Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing knowledge of essential newborn care and associated factors among nurses and midwives working in maternal health case team at public health facilities of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia, 2019.
METHODS
METHODS
Institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from March to April 2019. Data were collected by using pretested questionnaire, and 36 public health facilities were selected after stratifying them based on their level of service and number of nurses and midwives working in maternal health-care team. All 218 nurses and midwives who were working in the delivery unit from selected facilities were included in the study. The collected data were entered into Epi data 3.02 and exported to statistical software for social sciences version 22 for analysis. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were done. Statistical significance of variables was declared as a
RESULT
RESULTS
A total of 218 nurses and midwives were participated in the study. Among them, 57.9% of participants had good knowledge of essential newborn care. The type of profession (AOR = 5.79, [2.47, 13.58]), educational level (AOR = 3.26, [1.42, 7.52]), interest to work in delivery room (AOR = 4.85, [1.89, 12.42]), and presence of guidelines (AOR = 2.29, [1.18, 4.45]) were the factors significantly associated with having knowledge of essential newborn care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32308691
doi: 10.1155/2020/3647309
pmc: PMC7152963
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
3647309Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Aseb Arba and Zerihun Zana.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Both authors have no any conflict of interest.
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