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    Factors Affecting the Delivery of Essential Newborn Care at Kanyama Level One Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
    (2022) HASALAMA, Matongo
    Investing more resources in proven low-cost therapies aimed to address neonatal requirements could prevent millions of newborn deaths. Almost two-thirds of baby deaths are predicted to occur in the first month of life, with more than two-thirds dying in the first week and two-thirds dying in the first 24 hours. The goal of this study was to determine the characteristics that influence the delivery of critical infant care at Kanyama level one hospital in Lusaka. A cross sectional study was carried out on 370 women of procreative age at Kanyama level one hospital in Lusaka who had given birth during the previous year. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data, which was then analyzed descriptively in SPSS version 16.0. The chi-square test was used to examine the relationship between the components, with a 5% cut-off point for statistical significance. The findings show that attendants cleansed hands 90.29 percent of the time, 83.78 percent had their perianal part cleaned, and 95.41 percent of babies were inoculated with OPV/BCG after birth. The findings showed that 86% o f t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s gave breast milk as the first feed to newborns. majority of participants (68%) breastfed their children within 30 minutes and 1 hour following birth. 64% of those polled washed their breasts before breastfeeding. The study also showed that when either of them gets sick, the majority of participants (91.35 percent) indicated they'll go to the hospital, and 60% said they'll go to the drug shop to get medication. To keep their newborns from getting sick, about 85 percent of the participants said they bathed them with soap, sponge, and water, with or without disinfection (detol), while 7% of mothers washed their kids in herbal preparations. Except for the first feed after delivery, which was associated with age at p-value.16111, and feeding times, which was associated with marital status at p-value. 845287.This was based on self-reported data, and participants might not have remembered all of the events surrounding the childbirth episodes, resulting in ambiguous responses to the questions. It's also worth noting that the findings of this study are unique to Kanyama level one hospital, despite the fact that identical scenarios could arise in other contexts. Recommendations: To investigate other factors determining vital newborn care, more research with large sample numbers and multivariate models is needed. Keywords: Delivery, Essential, Newborn care