Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Research Article
Knowledge of Essential Newborn Care among Nurses and Midwives
Working in Lideta Sub City Government Health Centers
Author(s): Filmona Mekuria*, Alemayehu Bekele and Tinebeb Seyoum
Introduction: Neonatal mortality constitutes a major public health problem. Ethiopia has made a great progress on institutionalization of deliveries
where deliveries are mainly facilitated by midwives and nurses by providing essential newborn care. Hence, assessing the knowledge of these
professionals is a primary concern. Therefore, this study is intended to identify knowledge gap on essential newborn care.
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of essential newborn care and associated factors.
Methods: Facility based cross-sectional study was conducted. All nurses and midwives who provide delivery and neonatal care were involved in
the study. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to participants to collect data and facilitated by data collectors. Data was entered to.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/1168/22.11.507
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