Knowledge and practices of immediate newborn care among midwives in selected health care facilities in Ekiti State, Nigeria.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Esan, Deborah Tolulope Adedeji, Opeyemi Adeniyi Bello, Cecilia Bukola Omolafe, Modupe Christianah
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	Introductionalmost 99% of neonatal deaths occur in developing countries and these deaths can be prevented by the presence of a skilled birth attendant during labour. This study therefore assessed the knowledge and practices of midwives towards immediate newborn care.Methodsthis study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design. Eighty nine midwives were selected using purposive sampling technique from the two health facilities. Questionnaire was adapted from helping babies breathe manual. Data collected were analyzed with SPSS version 25 and the results were presented using descriptive statistics.Resultsthe mean age of the respondents was 33.20 years ± 8.07. More than half of the midwives (56.2%) had a good knowledge on immediate newborn care. About 62.9% had good practices of immediate new born care, though some still carry out some obsolete practices like routine suctioning of the airway of newborns, immediate cleaning/removal of the vernix caseosa with olive oil and immediate cord clamping.Conclusiona bit above average of the midwives had good knowledge about immediate newborn care and some of the midwives still carry out obsolete practices that has been judge as non-beneficial and are not in line with recommendations of World Health Organization/UNICEF on immediate newborn care. This study therefore recommends that midwives undergo training and retraining on immediate newborn care and there should be increased awareness and education on recent up to date practices of immediate newborn care.
Journal	The Pan African Medical Journal
Volume Number	37
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7864274
PubMed reference number	33598078
e-ISSN	19378688
DOI	10.11604/pamj.2020.37.263.24628
Language	English
Publisher	The African Field Epidemiology Network
Publisher Date	2020-11-24
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright: Deborah Tolulope Esan et al.
Subject Keyword	Immediate newborn care midwives knowledge practices neonatal mortality Nigeria
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine