Table 1 Knowledge of midwives on care given to immediately born baby in central zone, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016
Variable | Frequency (N = 147) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Knowledge of midwives on advantage of skin-to-skin contact | ||
Prevent hypothermia | 64 | 55.8 |
Help baby stay warm | 84 | 57.1 |
Bonding | 40 | 27.2 |
Help expel placenta and uterine contraction | 2 | 1.4 |
Knowledge of midwives on measures to be taken for baby unable to cry after delivery | ||
Suck the baby | 136 | 92.5 |
Call a help and start resuscitation | 105 | 71.4 |
Start cardio-pulmonary resuscitation | 10 | 6.8 |
Kicking of the babies buttock | 3 | 2.0 |
Oxygen administration | 4 | 2.7 |
Knowledge on time of bathing for immediately born baby | ||
Before 24 h of delivery | 9 | 6.1 |
After 24 h of delivery | 110 | 74.8 |
I do not know | 5 | 3.4 |
Counsels mother to wash at home after 24 h | 23 | 15.6 |
Knowledge on the importance of providing eye ointment | ||
Prevent eye infection | 57 | 38.8 |
Prevent blindness | 12 | 8.2 |
Prevent conjunctivitis | 21 | 14.3 |
Prevent from STI | 23 | 15.7 |
Prevent gonorrhoea | 2 | 1.4 |
Prevent syphilis | 8 | 5.5 |
As prophylaxis | 8 | 5.5 |
Prevent dryness of eye | 1 | 0.7 |