Assessment of Home Based Newborn Care in Slums of Behrampura Area in Ahmedabad City during November,2014
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction : Government of India has started a new strategy called “Home Based Newborn Care” in 2011 to help improving Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR). This study was conducted to evaluate these services. Objectives: 1. To evaluate Home Based Neonatal Care (HBNC) services at Behrampura &to assess knowledge of mothers about essential new born care at home. Method : Cross section study on postnatal mothers who delivered in last 6 months with purposive Sampling technique. Results : 69%of Link workers (LW) visited homes on 1stday of delivery, 52.8% LW completed all 6 home visits.70% mothers had registered pregnancy during 1st trimester. 97.2% of mothers gave exclusive breast feeding.75% mothers started breast feeding their babies on day1 of the delivery.72.2% babies were fed colostrums on the day of delivery.78% mothers didn't apply anything on the cord stump.85.6% of mothers were given information about the vaccination by LW. Conclusion : The LW could not complete the visits as per guidelines, so there should be strict observation and follow up by MO. The mothers should be educated well about the danger sign to be aware of in the babies and the vaccination.
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Niyati Zaveri, D Bala, Parul Katara
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