ABSTRACT
Recent researches are concerned with topics of newborn care giving, maternal knowledge and practices because it facilitates growth and development, protection against infection and detection of any abnormalities. The purpose of this study was to assess the mothers' knowledge and practices of basic newborn care given at home. The total sample included 55 primipara and multipara mothers with newborn babies. They were selected from Obstetric University Hospital in Tanta City. Interview questionnaire and observation checklists were designed to fulfill the aim of the study. The study revealed that mothers' knowledge and practices were within good and satisfactory average scores in most of the studied items related to newborn care giving at home except breast feeding. found between Significant differences were primipara and multipara mothers for most of the studied topics related to different topics of newborn care giving. practices were within good and satisfactory average scores in most of the studied items related to newborn care giving at home except breast feeding. Significant differences were found between primipara and multipara mothers for most of the studied topics related to different topics of newborn care giving.
Subject(s)
Attitude to Health , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Infant Care , Mothers/education , Parity , Adult , Baths , Breast Feeding , Clothing , Delivery, Obstetric , Educational Measurement , Egypt , Female , Health Education , Health Services Needs and Demand , Hospitals, Maternity , Hospitals, University , Hospitals, Urban , Humans , Hygiene , Infant Care/methods , Infant Care/psychology , Infant, Newborn , Mothers/psychology , Mothers/statistics & numerical data , Occupations , Pregnancy , Surveys and QuestionnairesSubject(s)
Contraception/methods , Contraception/statistics & numerical data , Spouses , Adolescent , Child , Egypt , Female , HumansABSTRACT
This study examined the relationship between the knowledge of nurses working in Tanta Fever Hospital (N = 54) and their compliance to universal precautions as a prevention of HBV. An interview questionnaire and observation checklist were designed to fulfill the aim of the study. The study revealed that nurses' knowledge was below the average score in half of the items studied, while their performance was below the average in all the items except for care of contaminated instruments. Although no significant relation was found between nurses' knowledge and their performance regarding the universal precautions, nurses having less than 5 years of experience had a higher score of performance than those having more than 5 years of experience in 6 items. The study reflects the need for in-service educational and training programs on infection control for nurses.
