Knowledge and Practice of Immediate New-born Care Among Midwives in Central Zone Public Health Facilities, Tigray, Ethiopia: Cross Sectional Study

Overview

Journal BMC Res Notes

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2019 Aug 8

PMID 31387618

Citations 10

Authors

Tesfay Tsegay Gebru

Rajalakshmi Murugan

Alem Gebremariam Abrha

Mekonnen Haftom Goyteom

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Abstract

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).

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