Table 1 Factors associated with knowledge of neonatal danger signs among mothers who gave birth the last 4 month attending immunization in Harar town public health facilities, Eastern Ethiopia, February 2017
Independent variables | Frequency (%) | Knowledge of neonatal danger signs | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Poor | ||||
Maternal level of education | |||||
College and above | 95 (27.3) | 53 | 42 | 3.99 (1.86, 8.6)** | 5.4 (1.3, 22.7)* |
Secondary level | 83 (23.9) | 38 | 45 | 2.7 (1.22, 5.83)* | 4.9 (1.15, 21.1) |
No formal education | 50 (14.4) | 12 | 38 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Time of breast feeding initiation | |||||
< 1 h | 306 (70.8 | 113 | 193 | 1.87 (1.17, 3)** | 3.23 (1.11-9.7) |
> 1 h | 126 (29.2) | 30 | 96 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Husband/partner level of education | |||||
College and above | 88 (20.6) | 44 | 44 | 3.4 (1.72, 6.75)** | 4.95 (1.15, 21.32)** |
Secondary level | 106 (24.8) | 43 | 63 | 2.34 (1.2, 4.53)* | 4.7 (1.15, 19.23) |
No formal education | 75 (17.5) | 17 | 58 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Parity | |||||
Primi para | 188 (43.5) | 46 | 142 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Multi para | 226 (52.3) | 85 | 141 | 1.9 (1.2, 2.9)** | 2.59 (1.05, 6.58)* |
ANC neonatal danger sign counseling | |||||
Yes | 121 (34.2) | 76 | 45 | 4.87 (3.04, 7.8)** | 4.34 (1.61, 11.7) |
No | 233 (68.8) | 60 | 173 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
PNC visit within 6 days | |||||
Yes | 145 (33.6) | 74 | 71 | 3.29 (2.16, 5.02)** | 3.32 (1.26, 8.67) |
No | 287 (66.4) | 69 | 218 | 1.00 | |
Source of information | |||||
Yes | 253 (83.8) | 127 | 126 | 2.29 (1.19, 4.4)* | 6.04 (1.63, 22.4)** |
No | 49 (16.2) | 15 | 34 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Mode of delivery | |||||
Spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) | 248 (57.4) | 51 | 197 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Caesarian section | 148 (34.2) | 80 | 68 | 4.5 (2.9, 7)** | 3.86 (1.46, 10.25) |
First source of information | |||||
Family | 52 (19.9) | 12 | 40 | ||
Health professional | 81 (31) | 47 | 34 | 4.6 (2.1, 10.6)** | 5.45 (1.27, 23.3)* |
Media | 68 (26.1) | 35 | 33 | 3.5 (1.6, 7.9)* | 5.08 (1.16, 22.36)* |