Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Utilization of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) Guidelines and Associated Factors among Nurse at Public Health Institutions in West Arsi Zone, South East Ethiopia
  Author(s): Sheka Shemsi Seid*, Endalew Gemechu Sendo, Tura Koshe Haso and Shamsedin Amme
  
  Background: World health organization (WHO) and United Nations for Children‘s fund (UNICEF) in the early 1990s developed Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), a strategy designed to reduce child mortality and morbidity in developing countries. This study is aimed at assessing factors associated with utilization of IMNCI protocol by nurses West Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Methods: An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 185 nurses who were included from health facilities selected using simple random sampling technique. Data was coded, entered and cleaned using Epi-data 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 22 for analysis. Univariate and bivariate analysis was performed. Multivariate analysis was also done to control for possible confounding variables. Results: Data w.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.4172/2090-7214.1000313

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