Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors for Newborn Danger Signs among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Anlemo District

Autor: Zeyene Abute Idris, Garumma Tolu Feyissa, Legesse Tesfaye Elilo, Markos Selamu Jifar, Aregash Mecha
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Advances in Public Health, Vol 2022 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2314-7784
DOI: 10.1155/2022/7592832
Popis: Background. Healthcare-seeking behavior is referred to as any action taken by individuals who believe they have a health problem or are ill in order to find an appropriate remedy. The aim of this is to assess healthcare-seeking behavior on newborn danger signs and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last 12 months in the Anlemo district. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Anlemo district from June 15th, 2019 to July 16th, 2019. Data were collected from 421 randomly selected mothers through a face-to-face interview. Data were cleaned and entered into Epi-Data version 3.1, and then, exported to SPSS version 22.0 for analysis. Binary logistic regression with p values less than 0.25 was entered into a multivariable logistic regression for analysis. Finally, adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals at a p value of
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