Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors for Newborn Danger Signs among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Anlemo District

Table 4

Knowledge level of mothers regarding NBDS in Anlemo district, southern Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Categories	No (percent)
Did you hear newborn illness? (n = 421)	Yes	318 (75.5)
	No	103 (24.5)
How many of the newborn illness did you know? (n = 318)	≤3	265 (83.3)
	>3	53 (16.7)
Where did you get this information? (n = 318)	Health extension workers	133 (41.8)
	Health professionals	107 (33.6)
	Radio	52 (16.4)
	Television	26 (8.2)
Common newborn illness do you know (n = 318) (from WHO defined lists)	High fever	45 (14.2)
	Fast breathing	43 (13.5)
	Poor sucking	58 (18.2)
	Difficult to breath	37 (11.6)
	Vomiting	75 (23.6)
	Yellowish discoloration of the body	15 (4.7)
	Umbilical discharge/redness	20 (6.3)
	Altered consciousness	25 (7.8)
Mothers’ perceived cause for newborn illness (n = 318)	Infection	117 (36.8)
	Exposed to heat	48 (15.1)
	Exposed to cold	30 (9.4)
	Poor sucking	123 (38.7)
Mother’s knowledge of newborn illness	Yes	267 (63.4%)
	No	154 (36.6%)