Assessments Of Knowledge And Attitudes Of Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Towards Essential Newborn Care In Public Health Instituations Ofgondar Town

Background: Newborn care is an effective way to meet the baby’s needs like warmth,rnbreast feeding and stimulation, safety, love, and protection from infection. It is estimatedrnthat globally four million newborns die before they reach 1 month of age. The care of thernnew born in the family is governed by the family’s knowledge of mother. The mother’srnknowledge and attitude play a key role to protect health and enhancing the newbornsrnadjustment to the new environment. ANC allows the opportunity for women, especiallyrnthose in their 1st pregnancy to receive information from a variety of health care professionalsrnregarding pregnancy, child birth and parenthood.rnObjective: To assess knowledge and attitude of pregnant mothers attending ANC servicerntowards newborn care practice in all public health institutions of Gondar town, Ethiopia.rnMethods: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted in9 public healthrninstitutions of Gondar town, Ethiopia; from January – June, 2015.Antenatal mothers arernselected through convenient sampling method. The data was collected among 380 antenatalrnmothers by standardized semi structured questionnaire. Pretesting and modification hadrnbeen made before data collection.rnResult: Majority 182(52.15%) of mothers at ANC were not knowledgeable on newbornrncare, the mean score of knowledge were 19.08, the rest of participants 167(47.85) hadrnknowledge. majority (54.45%) had positive attitude, while mean maternal attitude wasrn166.3; According to this study mothers who had five children at most had three times morernchance to have knowledge on newborn care as compared to those who had more than fivernchildren with odds of 3.344; 95% CI (1.010-11.073)rnConclusion and Recommendation: In general ANC attendants’ knowledge on essentialrnnewborn care practice of public health institutions of Gondar town is poor, while they havernpositive attitude. Strategic plan and implementation is needed to strength the education ofrnmother at ANC on components of essential new born care for North Gondar Health Burro.

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