Open AccessSkin-to-Skin Care Practice and Its Associated Factors Among Postpartum Mothers in Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Ayenew Mose,
Daniel Adane,
Haimanot Abebe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s306411
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , logistic regression , residence , public health , family medicine , health care , clinical practice , odds ratio , obstetrics , pediatrics , environmental health , demography , nursing , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
Skin-to-skin care is placing an unclothed or diaper-only newborn baby on the mother's bare chest, covered with a warm blanket. The World Health Organization recommends immediate, uninterrupted, and continuous mother-newborn skin-to-skin care practice almost immediately after birth. Despite this recommendation, separation of the newborn from the mother is common in many public health institutions. There was a limited study that examined the prevalence of skin-to-skin care practice and associated factors in Ethiopia. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of skin-to-skin care practice and its associated factors among postpartum mothers in Gurage Zone public health centers, Southern Ethiopia, 2020.