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Dr Umar Muhammad Muktar
Chairman NMA Sokoto
Abstract
| Volume 10 Number 3 - 4 July - December 2022 |
| Bello OA, Mahmud U, Alfa Y, Aliyu MS |
| Objectives: To assess cord care practices among mothers attending immunization centres in Niger State, North- Central Nigeria. Methods: It was a cross-sectional survey carried out at 9 immunization centres in Niger state. The centres were selected through a multi-staged random sampling method. The participants were mothers bringing their infants for routine immunization visits. Sample size was 417 divided equally across the three local government for recruitment. A semi-structured questionnaire was deplored for the study. Ethical approval was obtained from the state Ministry of health and written consent was obtained from each participant. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Results: Mean age of participants was 22±6. Three hundred and twenty nine (78.9%) of the participants do not wash their hands before or after cleaning their child's cord. Hot fomentation was the most common means of cord care (175/ 42.7%). Only 15 (3.6%) of the participants clean their child's cord up to 4 times daily. Maternal education and place of delivery did not significantly affect decision on means used to care for cord (p=0.232 and p=0.257 respectively). Conclusion: Harmful cord care practice is high in the population studied and this may contribute to the dismal indices of neonatal mortality in Nigeria. There is an urgent need to develop a public awareness framework that reaches to the grass root of local communities. Entities such as educating mothers on umbilical stump care and hand washing will be prioritized with the framework. |
| 10.47837/CMJ.2022102.2 |
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