Abstract: To determine the knowledge, Attitude and Practice of mothers towards neonatal Jaundice in Gwoza local government area of Borno State. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 mothers who were identified using traditional birth attendants and immunization clinics. Interviewer administered structured questionnaire were administered, responses from respondents were recorded by ticking appropriate answers on the questionnaire. Data obtained was entered into a computer and analyzed using SPSS statistical analysis software version 16 of 2007 and descriptive analysis done. The age of the mothers ranged between 14 – 40 years with a mean of 27years. Most of the mothers are aware of neonatal jaundice with most of them getting awareness from friends and families (92.4%) with only a few admitting to getting knowledge from medical personnel (5.7%). Eighty six percent of the mothers agree to jaundice causing illness in the newborn, 16.1% admits that jaundice in early life is caused by evil spirits. Sixty seven percent of mothers in Gwoza community admit to taking their jaundiced babies to hospitals where as 19.4% resort to traditional medications with 13.2% of the mothers doing nothing to their jaundiced newborn. we conclude that knowledge gap exists among mothers of babies who had neonatal jaundice in Gwoza local government area and suggests incorporating health talk on neonatal jaundice during antenatal visits. Campaigns, both through the electronic media and religious gatherings in churches and mosques will go a long way in improving outcome of these jaundiced babies.
Keywords: Neonatal Jaundice, Attitude/Practice of mothers/Gwoza, North-Eastern Nigeria
Author: Bello M, Yahaya SJ, Amodu Mary, Sa’ad YM, Simon Pius
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;" "="">Title: Neonatal Jaundice: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, North-Eastern NigeriaInternational Journal of Healthcare Sciences (IJHS)
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