Abubakar et al. J Biomed & App Sci FUD (2025) 4:2
Keywords: Essential new born, care, mothers, practices.
2026-01-12 DOI: JOBASFUD_2025_3_2_013
Background: newborns are very vulnerable, hence a need for quality care to ensure their safety and survival. the world health organization (who) recommends an economical intervention package of new born care practices to help reduce new born morbidity, mortality and thus, promote healthy survival. Aim and Objectives: the study aims to examine the factors associated with mothers’ practices of essential new born care (enbc)in health facilities of birnin gwari lga kaduna state, nigeria. Methods: the study adopted a descriptive cross- sectional design a total of 372 three hundred and seventy-two mothers whose child is within the age of (0-12 months) were selected using multi-stage sampling technique. a semi-structured questionnaire was used for interviews. data were analyzed using spss statistical package for social science version 26.0. Results: the modal age group of the mothers was 20-29 years 202 (54.5%), 131 (35%) mothers has attained post-secondary education, majority were married 350 (94.1%), hausas’ were 187(50.3%) and primiparous 71 (19%0). the practice of enbc was found to be good in only 185 (49.8%) of respondents. Conclusion: essential new born practices were poor among respondents. there was significant association with sociodemographic factors and reproductive profile of mothers.