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Spatial variation and determinants of mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact care practices in Ethiopia: A spatial and multilevel mixed-effect analysis

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  • Desalegn Girma
  • Zinie Abita
  • Yilkal Negese
  • Gossa Fetene Abebe

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Background: Skin-to-skin contact care practice is placing a naked baby on the mother’s chest with no cloth separating them, in a prone position covered by a cloth or blanket. It improves the survival of newborns by preventing hypothermia, improving breastfeeding, and strengthening mother-to-child bonding. Nevertheless, it remains under-practiced in many resource-constrained settings. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to explore the spatial variation and determinants of mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact care practices in Ethiopia. Method: The study was done using the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data. A weighted sample of 10417 mothers who gave live birth before the five-year survey was extracted for the analysis. Arc GIS version 10.3 and SaTscan version 10.0.2 were used for the spatial analysis. A multilevel mixed logistic regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with skin-to-skin contact care practices of mothers and newborns. Finally, a statistically significant association was declared at a P-value of

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  • Desalegn Girma & Zinie Abita & Yilkal Negese & Gossa Fetene Abebe, 2024. "Spatial variation and determinants of mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact care practices in Ethiopia: A spatial and multilevel mixed-effect analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(2), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0297305
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297305
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