Effect of training for care providers on practice of essential newborn care in hospitals in Sri Lanka.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a training program for care providers in improving practice of essential newborn care in obstetric units.

Design: Before-and-after study with an intervention and a control group.

Setting: Five hospitals in the Puttalam district in Sri Lanka.

Factors associated with maternal knowledge of newborn care among hospital-delivered mothers in Sri Lanka.

The aim of this study was to assess mothers' knowledge on newborn care as well as factors associated with poor knowledge. A cross-sectional study sampled 446 mother-newborn pairs from five hospitals in the Puttalam district of Sri Lanka by stratified random sampling. Maternal knowledge on newborn care was assessed using a questionnaire with 50 statements via exit interview.

Newborn care practices at home: effect of a hospital-based intervention in Sri Lanka.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of an essential newborn care (ENC) training programme for maternity ward staff in improving newborn care practices after hospital discharge. A before-and-after study was conducted in the community involving mothers who had given birth in two hospitals in the Puttalam district in Sri Lanka. The intervention was a 4-day training programme and primarily aimed at increasing knowledge and skills of ENC among health care providers in the maternity units of these hospitals.

Factors determining client satisfaction with hospital-based perinatal care in Sri Lanka.

Objectives: To describe mothers' satisfaction with perinatal care received during hospitalization for delivery, and to identify sociodemographic and health-care-related factors associated with satisfaction.

Method: A cross-sectional study of 446 mother-newborn pairs from five hospitals in Puttalam district, Sri Lanka, was carried out by stratified randomization. Client satisfaction was measured using a 16-item survey instrument with high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.