Saifuddin Ahmed
Neonatal Morbidity and Care-seeking Behaviour in Rural Bangladesh
present study undertaken assess pattern reported neonatal morbidity careseeking behaviour neonates rural bangladesh data collected 1511 women live births january 1996august 1998 four rural subdistricts field sites operations research project international centre diarrhoeal disease research bangladesh structured questionnaire used collect information mothers interviewed homes fortynine per cent neonates reported suffered kind morbidity fever common morbidity reported study population 21 per cent followed breathing difficulty 11 per cent birth order complications pregnancy andor delivery death sibling found significantly associated reported neonatal morbidity eightyseven per cent mothers sought care newborns taken several different providers commonest homeopaths 38 per cent village doctors 37 per cent seventeen per cent taken trained providers 5 per cent government health facilities seeking care trained providers found associated gender neonate birth order antenatal care mother trained providers fathers education monthly expenditure family results study suggest efforts made raise community awareness regarding neonatal morbidity importance seeking care trained personnel availability services conditions