Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria.
Background: This study was designed to determine the level of knowledge and the extent of the practice of the components of essential new-born care (ENC), and the effects of a training program on the knowledge and practice of ENC among nurses in rural primary health care (PHCs) in Ebonyi state Niger...
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author | Eze, Clementina N. Elusoji, Christiana I. Okafor, Christiana N. Emeh, Augusta N. Obi, Ihuoma A. Odira, Chika C. H. Onyeabor, Juliana O. Nwafor, Amuchechukwu V. Ohanme, Eugene O. |
author_facet | Eze, Clementina N. Elusoji, Christiana I. Okafor, Christiana N. Emeh, Augusta N. Obi, Ihuoma A. Odira, Chika C. H. Onyeabor, Juliana O. Nwafor, Amuchechukwu V. Ohanme, Eugene O. |
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description | Background: This study was designed to determine the level of knowledge and the extent of the practice of the components of essential new-born care (ENC), and the effects of a training program on the knowledge and practice of ENC among nurses in rural primary health care (PHCs) in Ebonyi state Nigeria.
Methods: This study was a one-group pre-test and post-test intervention design. The components of ENC considered were: New-born initiation of breastfeeding, thermoregulation, new-born cord care, newborn eye care, initiation of breathing, and administration of vitamin K. A neonatal care knowledge and practice assessment (NCKPA) questionnaire tested for validity and reliability, with a Spearman’s correlation coefficient of 0.81, was used for data collection among the (48) available nurses (All-female).
Results: There was significant improvement in the level of knowledge and extent of practice of the components of ENC following the training program. Despite the improvement, there were gaps in knowledge and practice of the components of ENC amongst the nurses in rural PHCs and affected were the level of knowledge of eye care 20 (41.6%) pre-intervention, and the least knowledge of cord care 35 (72.9%) and eye care 45 (93.8%)-post-intervention.
Conclusions: An increase in knowledge corresponded with an increase in good practice of ENC. The concern with knowledge transfer and translation of knowledge into practice could be achieved by pre-service and in-service education, updated courses and workshops, and this will empower the nurses, getting them familiar with current trends and practices for improved child survival rate. |
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spelling | oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-19882024-08-01T00:01:30Z Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. Eze, Clementina N. Elusoji, Christiana I. Okafor, Christiana N. Emeh, Augusta N. Obi, Ihuoma A. Odira, Chika C. H. Onyeabor, Juliana O. Nwafor, Amuchechukwu V. Ohanme, Eugene O. ENC Thermoregulation Pre-intervention Post-intervention Female Nurse Background: This study was designed to determine the level of knowledge and the extent of the practice of the components of essential new-born care (ENC), and the effects of a training program on the knowledge and practice of ENC among nurses in rural primary health care (PHCs) in Ebonyi state Nigeria. Methods: This study was a one-group pre-test and post-test intervention design. The components of ENC considered were: New-born initiation of breastfeeding, thermoregulation, new-born cord care, newborn eye care, initiation of breathing, and administration of vitamin K. A neonatal care knowledge and practice assessment (NCKPA) questionnaire tested for validity and reliability, with a Spearman’s correlation coefficient of 0.81, was used for data collection among the (48) available nurses (All-female). Results: There was significant improvement in the level of knowledge and extent of practice of the components of ENC following the training program. Despite the improvement, there were gaps in knowledge and practice of the components of ENC amongst the nurses in rural PHCs and affected were the level of knowledge of eye care 20 (41.6%) pre-intervention, and the least knowledge of cord care 35 (72.9%) and eye care 45 (93.8%)-post-intervention. Conclusions: An increase in knowledge corresponded with an increase in good practice of ENC. The concern with knowledge transfer and translation of knowledge into practice could be achieved by pre-service and in-service education, updated courses and workshops, and this will empower the nurses, getting them familiar with current trends and practices for improved child survival rate. 2024-05-06T14:02:40Z 2024-05-06T14:02:40Z 2023 Article Eze, Clementina N. et al. (2023). Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. Kabale: Kabale University. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1988 en_US application/pdf Kabale University |
spellingShingle | ENC Thermoregulation Pre-intervention Post-intervention Female Nurse Eze, Clementina N. Elusoji, Christiana I. Okafor, Christiana N. Emeh, Augusta N. Obi, Ihuoma A. Odira, Chika C. H. Onyeabor, Juliana O. Nwafor, Amuchechukwu V. Ohanme, Eugene O. Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. |
title | Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. |
title_full | Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. |
title_fullStr | Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. |
title_short | Impact of Essential Newborn Care education on Knowledge and Practice of New-Born Care among Nurses in Rural Primary Health Centres in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. |
title_sort | impact of essential newborn care education on knowledge and practice of new born care among nurses in rural primary health centres in ebonyi state of nigeria |
topic | ENC Thermoregulation Pre-intervention Post-intervention Female Nurse |
url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/1988 |
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