Knowledge and practice of immediate new-born care among midwives in central zone public health facilities, Tigray, Ethiopia: cross sectional study

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess knowledge and practice of immediate new-born care among midwives in central zone public health facilities Tigray region, 2016. RESULTS: The mean age of the study participants was 34.1 years. Majority of the participants (83%) were diploma midwives...

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Autores principales: Tsegay Gebru, Tesfay, Murugan, Rajalakshmi, Gebremariam Abrha, Alem, Haftom Goyteom, Mekonnen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31387618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4532-5
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess knowledge and practice of immediate new-born care among midwives in central zone public health facilities Tigray region, 2016. RESULTS: The mean age of the study participants was 34.1 years. Majority of the participants (83%) were diploma midwives. The score of knowledge of participants on immediate new-born care was 17.7% good and 25.2% poor. More than half (52.4%) of midwives practiced immediate new-born care. Midwives working in health center have 82% lower odds of new-born care compared to those working in hospital (p = 0.000, OR = 0.18 (0.07, 0.43). ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-019-4532-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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