Table 2 Frequency of unhealthy practice during pregnancy, childbirth, postnatal and neonatal period in southern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 290)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Abdominal massage with butter | ||
No | 210 | 72.3 |
Yes | 80 | 27.7 |
Nutritional prohibition during pregnancy | ||
No | 136 | 46.8 |
Yes | 154 | 53.2 |
Consumption of craved foods | ||
No | 244 | 85.0 |
Yes | 46 | 15.0 |
Place of birth | ||
Health facility | 170 | 58.5 |
Home | 120 | 41.5 |
Tying of the cord to her leg | ||
No | 278 | 96.0 |
Yes | 12 | 4.0 |
Instrument used to cut the umbilical cord | ||
Unclean blade | 13 | 4.5 |
Clean blade | 277 | 95.5 |
Material used to tie cord | ||
Unclean | 19 | 6.6 |
Clean | 271 | 93.4 |
The substance on cord stump | ||
No | 253 | 87.9 |
Yes | 35 | 12.1 |
Colostrum feeding | ||
No | 54 | 18.6 |
Yes | 236 | 81.4 |
Pre lacteal feeding | ||
No | 165 | 57.0 |
Yes | 125 | 43.0 |
Keeping babies out of exposure to sun | ||
No | 179 | 62.0 |
Yes | 111 | 38.0 |
Time to start breastfeeding | ||
Within 1 h | 208 | 71.6 |
Within 24 h | 59 | 20.4 |
After 24 h | 23 | 8.0 |