Table 3.

Immediate neonatal care practices of mothers in North Shewa zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (N = 395).

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
Condition of the cloth which was used for wrapping the bay	Clean cloth and new	144	36.46
	Clean and dry	188	47.59
	Wet cloth	63	15.95
Placement of new-born immediately after delivery	On the floor	8	2.0
	On the mother’s chest/abdomen	245	62.0
	Beside the mother	42	10.6
	With someone else	47	11.9
	On new-born bed/table	53	13.4
Instruments used to cut the cord	Blade	16	4.05
	Knife	5	1.27
	Scissor	7	1.77
The material used to tie the cord	String/thread	182	46.1
	Fiber from interpolant	62	15.7
	Cord not tied	12	3.0
	Do not know	137	34.7
	Other*	2	0.5
Applications to the cord immediately after cutting	Oil applied	4	5.2
	Butter applied	37	48.1
	Ash applied	5	6.4
	Ointment/powder applied	25	32.5
	Other substance applied**	6	7.8
First milk /colostrum that came from breast given for the new-born baby	Yes	291	73.7
	No	104	26.3
New-borns have given something other than breast milk during the first 3 days	Yes	118	29.9
	No	277	70.1
Types of foods/liquids given for new-borns to feed during the first 3 days	Plain water	97	82.2
	Sugar water	35	29.7
	Milk (other than breast milk)	89	75.4
	Fresh butter	28	23.7
Bathing	Immediately after delivery	54	13.7
	Within 24 h after birth	83	21
	After 24 h of birth	258	65.3

BCG Bacille Calmette-Guérin, OPV0 Oral polio vaccine at birth.

*Cotton tie.

**Chlorhexidine, Herbs.