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 practice of the components of essential new-born care (ENC), and the effects of a training programme on the knowledge and practice of ENC among nurses in rural primary health cares (PHCs) in Ebonyi state Nigeri...

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Main Authors: Clementina, Eze N., Christiana, Elusoji 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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Published: Kabale University 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/2343
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author Clementina, Eze N.
Christiana, Elusoji 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 Clementina, Eze N.
Christiana, Elusoji 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 practice of the components of essential new-born care (ENC), and the effects of a training programme on the knowledge and practice of ENC among nurses in rural primary health cares (PHCs) in Ebonyi state Nigeria. Methods: This study was a one group per-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 programme. 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 least knowledge of cord care 35 (72.9%) and eye care 45 (93.8%)-post-intervention. Conclusions: Increase in knowledge corresponded with 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, update 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:20.500.12493-23432024-10-23T00:01:40Z 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. Clementina, Eze N. Christiana, Elusoji 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 practice of the components of essential new-born care (ENC), and the effects of a training programme on the knowledge and practice of ENC among nurses in rural primary health cares (PHCs) in Ebonyi state Nigeria. Methods: This study was a one group per-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 programme. 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 least knowledge of cord care 35 (72.9%) and eye care 45 (93.8%)-post-intervention. Conclusions: Increase in knowledge corresponded with 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, update courses and workshops, and this will empower the nurses, getting them familiar with current trends and practices for improved child survival rate. 2024-10-22T11:49:18Z 2024-10-22T11:49:18Z 2024 Article Clementina, Eze N. et al. (2024). 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/20.500.12493/2343 en application/pdf Kabale University
spellingShingle ENC
Thermoregulation
Pre-intervention
Post-intervention
Female Nurse
Clementina, Eze N.
Christiana, Elusoji 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/20.500.12493/2343
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