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Newborn Care Practices and Associated Factors Influencing their Health in a Northern Rural Area of India

Md Islam Arfin
,
Md Suhail Khan
* ,
Anas Ahmad Khan
,
Bayapa Reddy Narapureddy
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Nazim Nasir
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Lingala Kalyan Viswanath Reddy
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Khursheed Muzammil
,
Irfan Ahmad
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Adam Dawria
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Faheem Ahmed
,
Ali Mohieldin
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Version 1 : Received: 11 January 2023 / Approved: 19 January 2023 / Online: 19 January 2023 (08:41:54 CET)

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Islam, M.A.; Khan, M.S.; Khan, A.A.; Narapureddy, B.R.; Lingala, K.V.R.; Nasir, N.; Muzammil, K.; Ahmad, I.; Dawria, A.; Faheem, A.; Mohieldin, A. Newborn Care Practices and Associated Factors Influencing Their Health in a Northern Rural India. Children 2023, 10, 408. Islam, M.A.; Khan, M.S.; Khan, A.A.; Narapureddy, B.R.; Lingala, K.V.R.; Nasir, N.; Muzammil, K.; Ahmad, I.; Dawria, A.; Faheem, A.; Mohieldin, A. Newborn Care Practices and Associated Factors Influencing Their Health in a Northern Rural India. Children 2023, 10, 408.

Abstract

Introduction: In the marginalised countries most neglected health issue is Newborn mortality. A study was undertaken to assess the influence of factors and newborn care practices influencing newborn health in the rural area of Bareilly district. Methodology: The Descriptive cross-sectional study was organized in the rural areas of Bareilly. Study participants were selected based on the mothers who gave birth to a baby during the last six months. The mothers who delivered in that area within six months were included, and using the semi-structured questionnaire, data was collected. Data analyzed using Microsoft Excel and SPSS 2021 version for windows. Results: Mothers initiating early breastfeeding were more commonly 78 (52.3%) observed in the younger mothers at 24-29 years, followed by 48(32.3%) at 30-35 years, the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Delayed bathing was observed in nearly 125 (70.1%) three fourth in the age of 24-29 years, followed by 29 (16.8%) in the age period 30-35 years. It was observed that unsafe cord care practices were observed more among 8(53.4%) nuclear families than 7(46.6%) joint families, and it was found to be statistically insignificant. Conclusion: The practice of essential newborn care still needs to improve in Bareilly; there is a need to create awareness to the mothers and family members on newborn and early neonatal care aspects, such as promoting exclusive and early initiation of breastfeeding and delayed bathing practices.

Keywords

newborn; cord care; newborn bathing; home deliveries; institutional deliveries; birth attendants; breastfeeding

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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