Home-based optimal newborn care practice and associated factors among mothers in Ethiopia: a community-based longitudinal panel survey

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Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the level of home-based optimal newborn care practice and associated factors among mothers in Ethiopia. Design A community-based longitudinal panel survey design. Setting, participants and outcomes We used data from the Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia panel survey (2019-2021). A total of 860 mothers of neonates were included in the analysis. A generalised estimating equation logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with home-based optimal newborn care practice and to account for the clustering nature of the data by enumeration area. An OR with 95% CI was used to measure the association between exposure and outcome variables. Results The level of home-based optimal newborn care practice was 8.7% with 95% uncertainty interval ranging from 6% to 11%. After adjusting the effect of potential confounding factors, area of residence remained statistically significantly associated with mothers' optimal newborn care practice. The chance of home-based optimal newborn care practice was 69% times lower among mothers from rural areas compared with those in urban areas (adjusted OR=0.31, 95% CI=0.15, 0.61). Conclusion The findings of this study showed that the level of home-based optimal newborn care practice was very low in Ethiopia. Also, home-based optimal newborn care practice was lower among mothers from rural areas in the nation. Therefore, health planners and healthcare providers, including health extension workers, should give priority attention to mothers from rural areas to improve their optimal newborn care practice by considering their context-specific factors or barriers.

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Mohammed, S., Worku, A., & Girma, E. (2023). Home-based optimal newborn care practice and associated factors among mothers in Ethiopia: a community-based longitudinal panel survey. BMJ Open, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070999

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