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Sustainable Newborn Care: Helping Babies Breathe and Essential Newborn Care

2021
Globally, adverse birth outcomes remain a problem especially in low-middle-income countries. Neonatal deaths account for nearly half of all under-5 mortality. The majority of neonatal deaths are from preventable causes. Increasing knowledge of the neonate, along with advances in care and technology, has led to progressively improved neonatal outcomes ...
Chiamaka Aneji, George Little
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Maternal knowledge of essential newborn care in rural Zambia

Health Care for Women International, 2020
Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) may offer an intervention to improve newborn outcomes in rural Zambia. This study compared maternal knowledge of newborn care for women referred from facilities with and without MWHs. Topics assessed included: (1) umbilical cord care; (2) thermal and skin care; (3) nutrition, and; (4) prevention of diarrhea, and; (5 ...
Julie M. Buser, Cheryl A. Moyer, Carol J. Boyd, Davy Zulu, Alice Ngoma-Hazemba, Jessy Taona Mtenje, Andrew D. Jones, Jody R. Lori   +7 more
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Essential Newborns Nursing Care at Maternity and Pediatric Hospitals

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2021
Background: Newborn health and survival depend on the care given to the newborn, although newborncare is a very essential element in reducing child mortality; it is often receives less than Optimum attentionin maternal and child health programmers.1Objective: To assess Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Essential Newborn Care.Method: Descriptive cross ...
Oday Faris Washeel, Doaa M. Bachi, Sarah Talib Kadhim, Malak Hassan Salal   +3 more
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The determinants of essential newborn care for home births in Bangladesh

Public Health, 2016
To examine the association of sociodemographic, antenatal and delivery care factors with the essential newborn care (ENC) practices of neonates born at home in Bangladesh.This study analyzed data of a cross-sectional survey-the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2011.This analysis considered 3190 most recent live-born infants who were delivered ...
Akter, T., Dawson, A., Sibbritt, D.
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Essentials of newborn skin care

British Journal of Midwifery, 2004
Effective care of newborn skin is based on a thorough understanding of both the physiology and specific environment of infant skin. The essentials of newborn skin care are effective cleansing, effective moisturizing and the maintenance of an effective barrier against external irritants.
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Essential newborn care practices in Benin: Are there differences by birth location?

Birth, 2021
AbstractBackgroundAnnually, about 60 infant deaths occur per 1000 live births in Benin; nearly one‐half of these deaths occur during the neonatal period. Home‐ and health facility‐based newborn care practices are essential for reducing neonatal death.
Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye, Korede K. Yusuf, A‐Mac Harris, Snehal Gaikwad   +3 more
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Effect of Training for Care Providers on Practice of Essential Newborn Care in Hospitals in Sri Lanka

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2007
To evaluate the effectiveness of a training program for care providers in improving practice of essential newborn care in obstetric units.Before-and-after study with an intervention and a control group.Five hospitals in the Puttalam district in Sri Lanka.Eight hundred and ninety-two mother-newborn pairs (446 before and 446 three months after).A 4-day ...
Upul, Senarath, Dulitha N, Fernando, Ishani, Rodrigo   +2 more
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Quality Indicators to Evaluate Essential Newborn Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Pediatrics, 2023
BACKGROUND Strategies to improve neonatal outcomes rely on accurate collection and analyses of quality indicators. Most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) fail to monitor facility-level indicators, partly because recommended and consistently defined indicators
Ellen K, Diego, Danielle E Y, Ehret, Ashish, K C, Carl L, Bose   +3 more
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Evaluation of the educational impact of the WHO Essential Newborn Care course in Zambia

Acta Paediatrica, 2007
AbstractObjectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of the World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Newborn Care (ENC) course in improving knowledge and skills of nurse midwives in low‐risk delivery clinics in a developing country.Methods: The investigators identified the content specifications of the training material, developed both written and ...
E M, McClure, W A, Carlo, L L, Wright, E, Chomba, F, Uxa, O, Lincetto, C, Bann   +6 more
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Nurturing newborns in South Sudan series: Essential care of the newborn

2020
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