Knowledge On Neonatal Danger Signs And Associated Factors Among Post Natal Mothers In Public Hospitals Of Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2019 A Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Neonatal danger signs are now a public health problem and a contributingrnfactor for neonatal death. Even though, intervention programs like integrated management of rnnewborn and childhood illness and institution delivery service are implemented danger signsrnrelated neonatal morbidity and mortality is high still now because of lack of maternalrnknowledge towards it. Early detection of neonatal danger signs is an important step towardsrnimproving newborn survival. Therefore, mothers‟ knowledge is needed to reduce neonatalrndeath and further complication of those danger signs. rnObjective: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge on neonatal danger sign andrnassociated factors among post natal mothers in public hospitals of Addis Ababa Ethiopia.rn Methods and materials: An institutional based cross sectional study was conductedrnamong 363 postnatal mothers from March 15rnth rnto May 15rnthrn, 2019. Systematic randomrnsampling technique was used to select the study participants. Interviewer-administered,rnstructured and pretested questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were checked forrncompleteness, entered to Epi- Data version 4.4.3.1 and exported to SPSS version 25.0 forrnanalysis. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis with 95% CI, crud oddsrnratio and adjusted odds ratio were used to identify factors associated with the outcomernvariable. Statistical significance was declared at P-value < 0.05. Then the results werernpresented with text, tables, graphs and figures for different variables. rnResult: A total of 363 post natal mothers were interviewed with a response rate of 100%.rnOverall, only 33.1% of mothers had good knowledge about neonatal danger signs. Factors rnlike maternal education college and above (AOR=2.11, 95% Cl: 1.51-2.99), caesarean sectionrnmode of delivery (AOR=3.72, 95% Cl: 1.71-8.12), parity (AOR=5.34, 95% Cl: 1.64-2.64)rnand education during PNC follow up (AOR=2.77, 95% Cl: 1.49-5.15) were significantlyrnassociated with the level of good maternal knowledge. Similarly, access to television was alsorna statistical significant factor for maternal knowledge (AOR=2.15, 95% Cl: 1.11-4.15).rnConclusion: Maternal knowledge on neonatal danger signs was poor. Therefore educationalrnintervention during ante natal care, institution delivery and post natal care visit, advocatingrnthe use of media and increase maternal birth preparedness are highly recommended.

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