FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MORTALITY AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BUSHENYI-UGANDA

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Abstract

According MDG 4: the mortality rate among children under five was to be reduced by two-thirds by 2015. Unfortunately; it has remained a daydream up to today. A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study employed convenient purposive sampling was carried in Kampala international university teaching hospital to assess factors associated to neonatal mortality among mothers that had lost a neonate during time of data collection. Young age mothers 19-24 and Prime-parity were associated to neonatal mortality by (26.6%) and (30%) respectively in addition to low levels of education (60%), living in rural areas (83.5%) and poor economic status of mother (66.6%). Maternal factors associated with neonatal mortality included close intervals between pregnancies (53.3%), poor ANC visits where by ∑=66.5 had visited

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APA

Consults, E. (2022). FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MORTALITY AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BUSHENYI-UGANDA. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/factors-associated-with-neonatal-mortality-at-kampala-international-university-teaching-hospital-bushenyi-uganda

MLA 8th

Consults, Education "FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MORTALITY AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BUSHENYI-UGANDA" Afribary. Afribary, 14 Jul. 2022, https://afribary.com/works/factors-associated-with-neonatal-mortality-at-kampala-international-university-teaching-hospital-bushenyi-uganda. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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Consults, Education . "FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MORTALITY AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BUSHENYI-UGANDA". Afribary, Afribary, 14 Jul. 2022. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/factors-associated-with-neonatal-mortality-at-kampala-international-university-teaching-hospital-bushenyi-uganda >.

Chicago

Consults, Education . "FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MORTALITY AT KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL BUSHENYI-UGANDA" Afribary (2022). Accessed March 29, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/factors-associated-with-neonatal-mortality-at-kampala-international-university-teaching-hospital-bushenyi-uganda