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Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: The majority of neonatal deaths in developing countries occurred at home due to late recognition of the signs of serious illness by parents or caregivers. In Ethiopia, besides the attempts made to scale-up the maternal and child health services, maternal knowledge of neonatal danger sign...

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Autores principales: Yitayew, Yibeltal Asmamaw, Tadele, Anteneh Shumet, Yalew, Zemen Mengesha, Mamuye, Shiferaw Abeway, Jember, Desalegn Abebaw
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8319523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34345736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07553
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author Yitayew, Yibeltal Asmamaw
Tadele, Anteneh Shumet
Yalew, Zemen Mengesha
Mamuye, Shiferaw Abeway
Jember, Desalegn Abebaw
author_facet Yitayew, Yibeltal Asmamaw
Tadele, Anteneh Shumet
Yalew, Zemen Mengesha
Mamuye, Shiferaw Abeway
Jember, Desalegn Abebaw
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description BACKGROUND: The majority of neonatal deaths in developing countries occurred at home due to late recognition of the signs of serious illness by parents or caregivers. In Ethiopia, besides the attempts made to scale-up the maternal and child health services, maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs is low. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan district health centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia. METHOD: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from September 1–30, 2020, among 399 mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan district health centers. The data were collected using a pretested, structured, and interviewer-administered questionnaire. Epidata version 4.4.2.0 was used for data entry, and Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22 was used for analysis. Descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were computed. Finally, an adjusted odds ratio along with 95% CI was calculated, and variables that had a P-value <0.05 were declared statistically significant. RESULT: The level of good maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs in the study area was 48.1% (95% CI, 43.6%–52.9%). Maternal education level (AOR: 3.58, 95% CI, 1.22–10.55), parity (AOR: 2.10, 95% CI 1.18–3.71), having postnatal care follow-up (AOR: 2.05, 95% CI, 1.21–3.49), receiving health education about neonatal danger signs (AOR: 4.87, 95% CI, 2.73–8.68), and previous experience of neonatal danger signs (AOR: 2.35, 95% CI, 1.33–4.15) were significantly associated variables with the maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs was low. Maternal educational level, parity, postnatal care follow-up, health education about neonatal danger signs, and previous experience of neonatal danger signs were significantly associated variables. Therefore, maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs needs to be enhanced through improving postnatal care services utilization and providing adequate health education about newborn health problems.
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spelling pubmed-83195232021-08-02 Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia Yitayew, Yibeltal Asmamaw Tadele, Anteneh Shumet Yalew, Zemen Mengesha Mamuye, Shiferaw Abeway Jember, Desalegn Abebaw Heliyon Research Article BACKGROUND: The majority of neonatal deaths in developing countries occurred at home due to late recognition of the signs of serious illness by parents or caregivers. In Ethiopia, besides the attempts made to scale-up the maternal and child health services, maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs is low. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan district health centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia. METHOD: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from September 1–30, 2020, among 399 mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan district health centers. The data were collected using a pretested, structured, and interviewer-administered questionnaire. Epidata version 4.4.2.0 was used for data entry, and Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22 was used for analysis. Descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were computed. Finally, an adjusted odds ratio along with 95% CI was calculated, and variables that had a P-value <0.05 were declared statistically significant. RESULT: The level of good maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs in the study area was 48.1% (95% CI, 43.6%–52.9%). Maternal education level (AOR: 3.58, 95% CI, 1.22–10.55), parity (AOR: 2.10, 95% CI 1.18–3.71), having postnatal care follow-up (AOR: 2.05, 95% CI, 1.21–3.49), receiving health education about neonatal danger signs (AOR: 4.87, 95% CI, 2.73–8.68), and previous experience of neonatal danger signs (AOR: 2.35, 95% CI, 1.33–4.15) were significantly associated variables with the maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs was low. Maternal educational level, parity, postnatal care follow-up, health education about neonatal danger signs, and previous experience of neonatal danger signs were significantly associated variables. Therefore, maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs needs to be enhanced through improving postnatal care services utilization and providing adequate health education about newborn health problems. Elsevier 2021-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8319523/ /pubmed/34345736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07553 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Yitayew, Yibeltal Asmamaw
Tadele, Anteneh Shumet
Yalew, Zemen Mengesha
Mamuye, Shiferaw Abeway
Jember, Desalegn Abebaw
Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia
title Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia
title_full Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia
title_fullStr Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia
title_short Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in Gidan District Health Centers, North Wollo, Ethiopia
title_sort knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among mothers attending pediatric immunization clinics in gidan district health centers, north wollo, ethiopia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8319523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34345736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07553
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