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REVIEW article

Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Neonatology
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1432582
This article is part of the Research Topic Reviews in Neonatology 2024 View all 3 articles

Knowledge and practice of healthcare providers and associated factors of essential newborn care in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Provisionally accepted
Temesgen Geta Temesgen Geta *Bizuayehu Atinafu Ataro Bizuayehu Atinafu Ataro Eshetu Elfios Eshetu Elfios Tewodros A. Abuye Tewodros A. Abuye Christain Kebede Christain Kebede
  • Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia

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    Background: Preventing neonatal mortality and morbidity in developing countries such as Ethiopia requires improved practices and knowledge among healthcare providers. Several studies have been conducted in Ethiopia, but the overall level has not been estimated based on essential newborn care practices, knowledge of health care providers, and associated factors. Therefore, the objective of this review is to assess the overall practice and knowledge of essential newborn care and associated factors among healthcare providers in Ethiopia.Only articles published in English were included in this review.Medline/PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, EMBASE, and CINAHL, Scopus, Ethiopian University Repository Online, and the Cochrane Library are the main databases. The review included cross-sectional studies written in English that met the inclusion requirements. Using a random-effects model, the overall practice and knowledge level was estimated. Additionally, funnel plots and Eggers' test were used to assess publication bias. STATA version 14 was used to perform all statistical analysis.Results: This review included 15 studies involving 3,210 health care providers in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, overall health care providers had a good practice and knowledge level of essential newborn care of 57.38% [95% CI (49.56; 65.20); I2 = 95.3%, P<0.001] and 54.06% [95% CI (45.07; 63.05); I2 = 95.5%, P<0.001], respectively. Knowledge, training status, and material availability of healthcare professional were significantly associated with their practice of essential newborn care, while educational qualification and training status were significantly associated with the knowledge of healthcare providers of essential newborn care.Conclusions: Overall, 57% and 54% of healthcare providers had good ENC practices and knowledge. So, the Ethiopian government and other stakeholders should take immediate measures to improve essential neonatal care practice and knowledge among healthcare providers, and improve identified factors.

    Keywords: Ethiopia, healthcare providers, Essential newborn care, Systematic review and Metaanalysis, Practice, knowledge

    Received: 14 May 2024; Accepted: 09 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Geta, Atinafu Ataro, Elfios, Abuye and Kebede. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Temesgen Geta, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia

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