Assessment of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during the postpartum stay and its determinant factors among mothers at public health institutions in Ethiopia

BMC Res Notes. 2019 Mar 14;12(1):136. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4176-5.

Abstract

Objective: The study aimed at assessing skin-to-skin contact (SSC) during the postpartum stay and its determinant factors among mothers at public health institutions in Ethiopia.

Result: A total of 384 mothers-indexed newborns admitted in postnatal wards were interviewed. The prevalence of mothers' SSC practice to their newborns with in the first 1 h during the postpartum stay was 28.1%. Mothers education (AOR = 18.23 [95% CI 5.26, 63.52]), and number of ANC visits (AOR = 8.55 [95% CI 1.05, 69.54]) were independently associated with SSC practice of mothers to their infants.

Keywords: Determinants; Ethiopia; Mothers; Postpartum stay; Skin-to-skin contact.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Feeding / methods*
  • Breast Feeding / statistics & numerical data
  • Educational Status
  • Ethiopia
  • Female
  • Health Facilities / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Kangaroo-Mother Care Method / methods*
  • Kangaroo-Mother Care Method / statistics & numerical data
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Mothers / psychology*
  • Population Surveillance / methods
  • Postnatal Care / methods*
  • Postnatal Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Postpartum Period
  • Public Health / statistics & numerical data*