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 (SNNPR), ETHIOPIA

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.