Table 5 Knowledge of newborn danger signs, reported illness, and care seeking
From: Newborn care practices at home and in health facilities in 4 regions of Ethiopia
Indicator | Frequency | Weighted percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | (Adjusted CI) |
Knowledge about danger signs | Â | Â |
Proportion of mothers who can name at least 3 newborn danger signs (out of 11 signs) | 66/218 | 29.3% |
(23.5, 35.0) | ||
Proportion of mother listing specific danger signs unprompted | Â | Â |
Convulsions | 28/218 | 12.7% |
(7.4, 18.0) | ||
Fever | 189/218 | 83.6% |
(76.2, 91.0) | ||
Poor feeding/suckling | 86/218 | 39.5% |
(30.8, 48.3) | ||
Difficult/fast breathing | 47/218 | 21.1% |
(16.4, 25.7) | ||
Baby feels cold | 20/218 | 8.5% |
(4.6, 12.3) | ||
Baby too small/born too early | 3/218 | 2.0% |
(0, 4.9) | ||
Redness/discharge at cord | 5/218 | 1.7% |
(0, 3.5) | ||
Eyes red/swollen/discharge | 21/218 | 10.3% |
(5.0, 15.6) | ||
Yellow palms/soles/eyes | 1/218 | 0.4% |
(0, 1.1) | ||
Lethargy | 8/218 | 3.5% |
(0.5, 6.5) | ||
Unconscious | 37/218 | 17.3% |
(11.4, 23.3) | ||
Reported newborn illness | Â | Â |
Proportion of newborns reported to experience an illness | 36/217 | 15.2% |
(8.7, 21.7) | ||
Reported problems (from prompted list)1 | Â | Â |
Fever | 4/36 | 12.1% |
(0, 26.3) | ||
Unable to suckle/feed | 7/36 | 22.0% |
(7.9, 36.2) | ||
Difficult/fast breathing | 7/36 | 21.8% |
(7.4, 36.2) | ||
Diarrhea | 4/36 | 8.6% |
(0, 17.3) | ||
Convulsions | 3/36 | 7.0% |
(0, 15.6) | ||
Persistent vomiting | 10/36 | 30.6% |
(12.8, 48.4) | ||
Yellow palms/soles/eyes | 3/36 | 7.0% |
(0, 15.9) | ||
Lethargy | 4/36 | 9.1% |
(0, 19.4) | ||
Unconscious | 1/36 | 2.4% |
(0, 7.7) | ||
Red/discharging eyes | 2/36 | 4.3% |
(0, 10.4) | ||
Skin pustules | 2/36 | 4.8% |
(0, 12.5) | ||
Redness or puss around the cord | 0/36 | 0% |
Other | 15/35 | 45.3% |
| Â | Â | (25.1, 65.6) |
Care seeking for newborn illness | Â | Â |
Proportion of sick newborns taken to a government, private, or NGO health facility for treatment2 | 18/36 | 46.2% |
(21.1, 71.4) | ||
Sources of care sought for sick newborns1 | Â | Â |
Government health facility | 15/36 | 38.1% |
(14.0, 62.3) | ||
Private/NGO health facility | 4/36 | 10.2% |
(0, 22.7) | ||
Private pharmacy or other shop | 4/36 | 11.8% |
(1.3, 22.3) | ||
Traditional practitioner | 1/36 | 3.5% |
(0, 9.9) | ||
Among sick newborns who did not receive care outside the home, reason for not seeking care1 | Â | Â |
Expecting self resolution of illness | 10/14 | 70.2% |
(35.6, 100) | ||
Health facility too far/no transport | 5/14 | 41.7% |
(1.4, 82.0) | ||
Not customary to seek care outside home | 2/14 | 17.9% |
(0, 50.4) | ||
Other | 3/14 | 24.5% |
| Â | Â | (0, 62.4) |