Research Article
Newborn Care Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of One-Month-Old Infants in Southwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Health care service utilization and obstetrics information of mothers with babies of one-month-old in Hossana town, southwest Ethiopia, 2018 (
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| Variables () | Frequency () | Percent (%) |
| HEW home visit | | | Yes | 303 | 71.8 | No | 119 | 28.2 | Health education | | | Yes | 369 | 87.4 | No | 53 | 12.6 | Keeping immediately dry and wrapping | | | Yes | 347 | 82.2 | No | 75 | 17.8 | BF immediately within an hour | | | Yes | 402 | 95.3 | No | 20 | 4.7 | HEW advice on danger signs | | | Yes | 383 | 90.8 | No | 39 | 9.2 | HEW advice on immunization | | | Yes | 373 | 88.4 | No | 49 | 11.6 | HEW advice on LBW care | | | Yes | 361 | 85.5 | No | 61 | 14.5 | History of neonatal death | | | Yes | 71 | 16.8 | No | 351 | 83.2 | ANC follow-up | | | Yes | 411 | 97.4 | No | 11 | 2.6 | Place of current ANC visit | Governmental health facility | 376 | 89.1 | Private health facility | 46 | 10.9 | Place of current delivery | Home | 17 | 4.0 | Health facility | 405 | 96.0 |
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HEW = health extension workers; LBW = low birth weight; ANC = antenatal care.
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