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Haimanot Abebe,1 Abebaw Wasie,1 Alex Yeshaneh,2 Solomon Shitu,2 Ayenew Mose,2 Daniel Adane,2 Haile Workye,3 Molla Gashu1 1Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia; 2Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia; 3Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Haimanot AbebeDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, P.O.Box: 07, Wolkite, EthiopiaTel + 251921288680Email haimanotabebe78@gmail.comIntroduction: It is highly economical and commendable to identify the determinants of neonatal near miss which will be utilized as proxy determinants of neonatal mortality rate. However, neither determinants of neonatal mortality rate nor a determinant of a neonatal near miss are adequately investigated specifically within the study area. Therefore, this study is aimed to identify the determinants of neonatal near-miss among neonates admitted in hospitals of the Gurage zone, Southern Ethiopia.Methods and Materials: Unmatched case-control study was conducted to identify factors associated with neonatal near-miss among neonates admitted in Gurage zone hospitals. A pre-tested structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Besides, data related to the clinical diagnosis of neonates and managements given were extracted from patient records. In this study, a total of 105 cases and 209 controls have participated. To recruit cases and controls consecutive sampling methods and simple random sampling techniques were used respectively. Data were entered using Epi Data software and exported to SPPS for analysis. To identify the determinate factors of the outcome variable binary and multivariable logistic regression were employed.Results: The determinate factors of the outcome variable include a history of abortion with

Daniel Adane,1 Alex Yeshaneh,1 Biresaw Wassihun,2 Addisu Gasheneit3 1Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia; 2Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arbaminch University, Arbaminch, Ethiopia; 3Awi Zone Health Office, Amhara Regional State Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Alex Yeshaneh Email alexyeshaneh7@gmail.comBackground: Novel coronavirus 19 is a contagious disease that affects all most all countries of the world and puts the world in great challenge. Even though, there is a limited testing capacity in Africa the number of cases and deaths is progressively increased. This catastrophic case has a great impact in Africa unless preventive measures are effectively undertaken. In Ethiopia, the number of COVID-19 cases and death are increasing over time. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the level of community readiness for COVID-19 pandemic prevention and its associated factors in residents of Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 1524 study participants from July 28 to August 27, 2020. Data were collected using structured and pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaires. The collected data were entered into EPI data 4.6 versions and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 24.0. Those variables with P-value< 0.25 were entered into multivariable analyses and those variables with P-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Finally, the findings of the result were explained using texts, figures, and tables.Results: A total of 1423 participants have participated in the study. The finding revealed that the prevalence of knowledge, attitude, perception, and practice towards COVID-19 were found to be 76.6%, 68.4%, 68.5%, and 29% respectively. In final model, being a female [AOR=1.388 (95% CI: 1.050– 1.834) P= 0.021], marr

Ayenew Mose,1 Daniel Adane,1 Haimanot Abebe2 1Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia; 2Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Ayenew Mose Tel +251913634706Email ayenew8484@gmail.comBackground: Skin-to-skin care is placing an unclothed or diaper-only newborn baby on the mother’s bare chest, covered with a warm blanket. The World Health Organization recommends immediate, uninterrupted, and continuous mother–newborn skin-to-skin care practice almost immediately after birth. Despite this recommendation, separation of the newborn from the mother is common in many public health institutions. There was a limited study that examined the prevalence of skin-to-skin care practice and associated factors in Ethiopia. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of skin-to-skin care practice and its associated factors among postpartum mothers in Gurage Zone public health centers, Southern Ethiopia, 2020.Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted in twenty-two public health centers of Gurage Zone from January 1st up to 30th, 2020. A total of 382 postpartum mothers were selected using a systematic sampling technique. Data were collected using structured and pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaires. Data were entered into EpiData version 3.1.0 and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Both bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify significant factors associated with skin-to-skin care practice. Statistical significance was declared at a P-value of < 0.05 with a 95% confidence level.Results: About 35.3% (95% CI; 31.3%– 40.4%) of new-borns were received skin-to-skin care practice. Being urban residence [AOR=2.23, (95% CI; 1.17– 4.23)], normal newborn birth weight (≥ 2500gm) [AOR=3.1, (95% CI