Maternal awareness of newborn danger signs before discharge: a secondary analysis of baseline data from a quasi-experimental study in Uganda
Maternal awareness of newborn danger signs in the immediate post-delivery period is poor. The women do not know the majority of the NDS, and therefore, these signs can go undetected, delaying care-seeking and posing a risk for poor infant outcomes. Routine postnatal health education should focus on these danger signs while ensuring that younger mothers and women who deliver by cesarean section are given special attention during knowledge enhancement sessions.
Authors
- Petranilla Nakamya
- Adam Kaplan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1412-0607)
- Molly McCoy
- Charles Drago Kato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-6657)
- Tom Denis Ngabirano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8228-6270)
- Rachel Uwimbabazi
- Jameel Winter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-8483)
- Elizabeth Ayebare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5636-5258)
- Businge Alinaitwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1607-8166)
- Francis Nkunzimaana
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Boston Public Health Commission (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Maternal Health Neonatology and Perinatology
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40748-025-00214-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- University of Minnesota