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Infant Care Practice and Associated Factors Among Rural Women in Pawi District, Beneshagul Gumuz, Northwest Ethiopia

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Background: Infant care is vital for the proper growth of the infant and healthy infant life. Any damage caused during infant leads to impaired cognitive development, malnutrition, poor growth and development, compromised educational achievement, and low economic productivity. Therefore, knowing care practice and associated factors of infant care can provide crucial support to meet the Sustainable development Goal. A limited previous study in Ethiopia related infant care practice including pawi district related to infant care practice and associated factors. This study gave baseline information related to infant care practice and associated factors in rural women of pawi district. Objective: This study aims to assess infant care practice and associated factors among rural mothers in pawi, district Benishangul Gumuz Region Northwest Ethiopia 2021. Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among rural women pawi district that have an infant in the study period from May 01/2021 to June 01/2021. A total of 362 mothers who had infants is included in the study using a simple random sampling technique. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The data was cleaned, checked for completeness, and entered into Epi Data-V.3.1, and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Then, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, bivariate, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed, and identify factors associated with infant care practice with P-value less than 0.05 were taken as statistically significant. Result: A total of 361 mothers were included in this study with response rates of 99.7%. 47.73% had good infant care practice. Family size more than five AOR=1.803 (1.060, 3.065), who attended last delivery (TBA) AOR=3.198 (1.158, 8.828), antenatal care follows up AOR=2.104 (1.331, 3.327), advised during ANC visited AOR=2.371 (1.314, 4.279) and information about infant bath (AOR=1.855 (1.221, 2.818) were significantly associated with poor infant care practice. Conclusion and recommedation: In this study, poor infant care practice was high and infant care practice was found to be significantly associated with mother educational status, mother occupational status, family size, assist during delivery, ANC follows up, advised during ANC follows up, information about infant bath, and information about initiation breastfeeding. So, to improve the knowledge of mother caregivers about infant care and health extension worker should intensify the education about infant care. More ever mothers during antenatal follow up should be strongly advised about infant care.

Published in American Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajnhs.20220301.13
Page(s) 9-20
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Infant Care Practice, Infant, Care, Practice, Pawi, Ethiopia

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  • College of Health Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

  • College of Health Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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