Knowledge Attitude and Practices about Prevention of Neonatal Hypothermia among Post Natal Mothers at Kiu-Teaching Hospital
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Date
2017-04
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Kampala international University school of Health Sciences (Western Campus)
Abstract
In Uganda, deliveries in the villages (32%) are conducted by traditional birth attendants
with insufficient knowledge in neonatal thermal protection. Thus most mothers (70%)
practice early bathing of the infants, and worst still poorly dry the infant after bathing. To
assess knowledge, attitude and practices of postnatal mothers on prevention of neonatal
hypothermia in Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, a cross-sectional
study design quantitative in nature was used to recruit 60 respondents for the study. Out
whom 60 questionnaires were returned completely filled giving a response rate of 100%.
57% of the respondents stated that neonatal hypothermia could best be prevented through
bathing with warm water, 50% disagreed that neonatal hypothermia makes babies stronger
later in life and 72% of the respondents agreed that skin to skin care was a good thermo
protective practice. The researcher concluded that knowledge about prevention of neonatal
hypothermia was not good as more than half of the respondents stated that neonatal
hypothermia could best be prevented through bathing with warm water compared to
kangaroo mother care despite good level of awareness about neonatal hypothermia,
Attitudes towards prevention of neonatal hypothermia were equally not good as most of
the respondents strongly agreed that early bathing of new born helps to modify shape of
the head and more than half of the respondents strongly agreed that babies could be bathed
immediately after birth to purify them from birthing process and practices about prevention
of neonatal hypothermia were also not good as most of the respondents strongly agreed
that adding substances like ash, rice water and salt in water for bathing neonates helps to
prevent hypothermia although half of the respondents disagreed that un covered newborn
baby could be placed on the floor
Description
A Research Report Submitted To Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Diploma in Nursing Sciences.
Keywords
Kiu-Teaching Hospital, Neonatal Hypothermia