Newborn Care Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of One-Month-Old Infants in Southwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Factors that are associated with newborn care practice of mothers with babies of one-month-old in Hossana town, southwest Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables ()	Good practice of NBC	Poor practice of NBC	AORs (95% CI)	value
Education level
Primary	46 (33.6%)	91 (66.4%)	2.801 (1.027-7.637)	0.044
Secondary	33 (29.5%)	79 (70.5%)	2.596 (0.921-7.316)	0.071
College and above	46 (35.7%)	83 (64.3%)	3.633 (1.056-12.492)	0.041
No education	6 (13.6%)	38 (86.4%)	1	1
Health education (hand wash)
Yes	123 (33.3%)	246 (66.7%)	2.552 (1.092-5.963)	0.030
No	8 (15.1%)	45 (84.9%)	1	1
Mothers’ knowledge on newborn care practice
Good	129 (35.4%)	235 (64.6%)	15.638 (3.599-67.943)	<0.001
Poor	2 (3.4%)	56 (96.6%)	1	1

Significant association.