Abstract:
ntroduction: It was estimated that about 87,000 newborn died in the first 28 days of life every
year in Ethiopia, with a larger share of 42% all deaths of under-five mortality, the highest risk of
death was occurred in the first 24 hours of life while within the first weeks of life greater than
half of deaths occur.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of newborn care practice and associated factors among
mothers of one month infants in Hossana town, Hadiya zone, Southern, Nation, Nationality
People of Region, Ethiopia January 20- February 19/2018
Methods and materials: community-based cross sectional study have used among randomly
selected 422 mothers in Hosanna Town, Hadiya zone, Ethiopia. Adopted questionnaire used to
assess prevalence of practice of newborn care. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were done by
using binary logistic regressionto identify factors independently associated with practice of
newborn care.
Results: This study outlined that prevalence of the newborn care practice was 30.8% (95%CI=
26.5%, 35.8%) of participants had good practice on above three composite variables: initiation
of BF, cord care and thermal care) and 69.2% (95%CI= 64.2%, 73.5%) had poor practice on
above three composite variables. Education level college & above (AOR (95% CI)3.633
(1.056_12.492), Health Extension Workers visit(AOR (95% CI)0.385 (0.228_0.650), health
education (hand wash) (AOR (95% CI)2.552 (1.092_5.963),knowledge on newborn care
practice (AOR (95% CI) 15.638 (3.599_67.943) and parity of who have 2-3 (AOR (95% CI)
0.558 (0.320_0.970)were statistically significant with newborn care practice
Conclusion and recommendation: The present study indicated that the level of comprehensive
newborn care practice is unsatisfactory even though majority of the respondents practice
individual variables. Therefore, it is better to strengthening the current intervention programs on
newborn care practice.
