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. 2019 Jul 17;12(1):427.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4465-z.

Immediate newborn care of knowledge, practice and associated factors among health care providers in Northwestern Zonal health facilities Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018

Hagos Tasew  1 , Tsega Teshale  2 , Degena Bahrey  3 , Teklewoini Mariye  3 , Girmay Teklay  3
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Immediate newborn care of knowledge, practice and associated factors among health care providers in Northwestern Zonal health facilities Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018

Hagos Tasew et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the immediate newborn care of knowledge, practice and associated factors among healthcare providers in Northwestern Zonal health facilities Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018.

Results: Among the total healthcare providers, who participated in this study, 64.8% had good knowledge and 59.8% of the respondents had a good level of essential newborn care practice. Unavailability of adequate materials (like guidelines, drug, etc.) and training status were significant variables with knowledge and practice of newborn care.

Keywords: Ethiopia; Immediate newborn care; Knowledge; Northwest; Practice.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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