Assessment Of Neonatal Sunlight Exposure And Factors Affecting It Among Mothers Attending Governmental Hospitals In Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2020.

Background: Sunlight exposure is the main source of vitamin D and Vitamin D is essential forrnthe growth of healthy bones. Parents expose their neonates to sun light which has been used for rnthe therapeutics purposes of neonatal jaundice for a long period of time. Daily sunshine exposurernremains the cheapest, safest and most effective method to prevent rickets. rnObjecti ve- The aim of this study was to assess neonatal sunlight exposure and factors affectingrnit among mothers attending governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020. rnMethods- Institution based cross sectional study was conducted among 420 mothers with theirrnneonates attending in immunization and follow up clinics of selected government hospitals in rnAddis Ababa town. To select study participants by systematic random sampling techniques werernutilized. The collected data was entered by using Epi-data version 4.6 and which exported to rnSPSS version 26 for analysis. Variables that have p-value ≤ 0.25 in bivariate modeling wererntaken into the multivariable model to control for confounder. Statistical significance was rndeclared at p-value

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