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Gashaw A, Hunie M, Amare E, Zewdie A, Abebe M, Demeke M, Kefelegn S, Yehualashet D, Alemu A, Adamu Y, Gugsa T, Tagele A. Proportion of births protected against neonatal tetanus and its associated factors among mothers who gave birth within the past 6 months in Gozamn district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2023:2223066. [PMID: 37316477 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2223066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Today, neonatal tetanus accounts for a significant portion of newborn and under-5 mortality - 40% and 57%, respectively - and is the most prevalent cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity, particularly in developing nations. As a result, more study on birth protection against neonatal tetanus is required because it is such a terrible condition with such a high death rate and there is a need for more recent evidence on it. From April 1 to 30, 2022, a community-based cross-sectional survey was carried out in the Gozamn district of Northwest Ethiopia. A two-stage stratified sampling procedure was applied, with an overall sample size of 831. The data were gathered using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire. It was then checked, cleaned, and entered into Epidata software version 4.6 before being exported to Stata version 14 for analysis. The proportions of birth protected against neonatal tetanus were 58.57% (95% CI (55.15-61.89%) in the study. Mother who had radio (AOR = 3.09,95%CI: 2.09, 4.56), mother who travel less than one hour to reach nearest health facility (AOR = 1.96,95%CI: 1.23,3.10), mother who gave birth of their last child in the health institution (AOR = 4.17,95%CI:2.39,7.28), mothers who had information from health professional (AOR = 2.56,95%CI:1.56,4.19) and > 4 ANC visit (AOR = 2.57,95%CI:1.55,4.26) were positive predictors of birth protected against neonatal tetanus. Low levels of maternal protection against neonatal tetanus were seen in this study location. To enhance the percentage of births protected against neonatal tetanus, professional-based guidance regarding the TT vaccine are essential.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anteneh Gashaw
- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- School of Midwifery, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Clinical Midwifery Professional, Amhara Regional Health Office, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Clinical Midwifery Professional, Amhara Regional Health Office, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
| | - Anmut Tagele
- School of Midwifery, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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