Assessment Of Knowledge Attitude Practice And Associated Factors Towards Kangaroo Mother Care Among Postnatal Mothers Paired With Their Babies At Addis Abeba Public Hospitals 2019 Cross Sectional Study

Back ground: Kangaroo Mother Care is a method of holding a small Nappy newborn with skintornskinrncontact,rnpronernandrnuprightrnonrnthernmaternalrnchest.rnLackrnofrnmaternalrnknowledgernregardingrnrncarernrnof their tiny babies including kangaroo mother care can harm their babies and increase thernrisk of neonatal morbidity and mortality.rnObjective: To assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors towards kangaroornmother care among postnatal mothers paired with their babies at selected public hospitals, AddisrnAbaba, Ethiopia, 2019. rnMethod: An institutional based cross sectional study was conducted among 249 mothers, at fivernselected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, from March 15rnthrn, 2019 to May 15rn, 2019. Singlernpopulation proportion with adjusted formula was used to calculate the total sample size. Face tornface interview with structured questionnaire were used to collect data. Data was entered with Epirndata version 4.4.2.1and analyzed by SPSS version 24 statistical software. Binary and multiplernlogistic regressions with P value ≤0.2 and ≤0.05 was used respectively. rnResult: Based on this finding, the overall proportion of good knowledge, favorable attitude andrngood practice of kangaroo mother care were 67.1%, 54.22% and 43 % respectively with 100%rnresponse rate. Educational status(AOR;5.33;95%CL;(1.39-20.47), residency (AOR;7.58;95%CL;rn(2.39-23.90), income(AOR;3.70;95%CL;(1.17-11.67)acceptability of KMC in community(AOR;rn6.32;95% CL;(3.13-18.04), health condition of the baby (AOR;6.76 95%CL;(2.74-16.69),sourcernof information (AOR;2.71;95%CL;(1.01-7.23), gravidity (AOR;2.61;95% CL;(1.20-5.67) as wellrnas mode of delivery(AOR;3.05,95% CL;(1.54-6.04) were statistically significant factors forrnknowledge, attitude and practice of mothers on kangaroo mother care.rnConclusion: Proportion of good knowledge, favorable attitude and good practice of kangaroornmother care were 67.1%, 54.22% and 43 % respectively. There were statistically significantrnfactors for knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers such as educational status of the mothers,rnresidency, family income, and health condition of the baby, gravidity, mode of delivery,rnconducive home, and community acceptability of kangaroo mother care as well as source ofrninformation about kangaroo mother care. rn Recommendations: Health professionals should give special care for sick and preterm/low birthrnweight babies and provide counseling for mothers. Health care stakeholders should strengthenrnhealth education accessibility for the community. In addition, other stake holders should rnincrease women educational coverage, especially for rular areas. rnrnth

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