Table 2 Level of newborn care interventions during delivery and neonatal period study participants in public health facilities of Bahir Dar City administration (N = 823), October 2015 to August 2016
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Place of delivery | ||
Health facility | 718 | 87.2 |
Home | 105 | 12.8 |
Type of instrument used to cut the cord | ||
Reused but boiled blade or scissor | 716 | 87.0 |
New blade or scissor | 107 | 13.0 |
What was used to tie the cord | ||
Plastic band | 593 | 72.1 |
Sterile thread | 123 | 14.9 |
Cloth strip | 107 | 13.0 |
Substance applied on the cord | ||
None | 819 | 99.5 |
Drug | 3 | 0.4 |
powder | 1 | 0.1 |
How long after birth was the baby wrapped | ||
Immediately | 745 | 90.5 |
Within 5 min | 44 | 5.3 |
6–10 min | 30 | 3.6 |
11–20 min | 3 | 0.4 |
21–30 min | 1 | 0.1 |
How long after birth was the baby first bathed | ||
Within one hour | 3 | 0.4 |
2–6 h | 19 | 2.3 |
7–12 h | 50 | 6.1 |
13–24 h | 48 | 5.8 |
≥ 24 h | 703 | 85.4 |
How long after birth was the baby first breast fed | ||
Within one hour | 725 | 88.1 |
2–6 h | 82 | 10.0 |
7–12 h | 15 | 1.8 |
13–24 h | 1 | 0.1 |
≥ 24 h | 0 | 0.0 |
What was given for the baby as the first feeding | ||
Colostrum | 805 | 97.8 |
Butter | 18 | 2.2 |