Maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among postpartum mothers attending public health facilities in Adama town, Ethiopia
Gemechu Dereje Feyissa, Addis Begashaw, Tilaye Workneh, Ebrahim Mohammed, Tamrat Endebu · 2026
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Feyissa and colleagues asked new mothers in Adama town, Ethiopia, whether they could recognize the warning signs that a newborn needs urgent care. Their 2026 cross-sectional study interviewed 426 postpartum women at public facilities during April 2022, testing recognition of nine World Health Organization danger signs with prompted yes-or-no items.
Three quarters scored well: 75.5% of mothers showed good knowledge by the study's cutoff, far above the 20.3 to 67.1% range reported in earlier Ethiopian studies. Education drove the gap, with college-educated mothers at 4.83 times the adjusted odds of good knowledge and secondary schooling at 3.10 times the odds. Caesarean delivery, at 2.47 times the odds, and having given birth before also helped, which the authors link to longer contact with health staff.
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| CREATOR | Gemechu Dereje Feyissa, Addis Begashaw, Tilaye Workneh, Ebrahim Mohammed, Tamrat Endebu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |