Research Article
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%) |
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