Dula Etana (PhD)Bethel Aberra2024-06-272024-06-272023-08https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3238Neonatal Mortality is very high in most developing countries including Africa. Many countries are trying to reduce neonatal mortality by institutionalizing essential newborn care. The main aim of this study was to assess practice of essential new born care and associated factors. Facility based cross-sectional study design was employed among 414 postnatal women. The overall proportion of postnatal women with poor knowledge and poor practice towards essential newborn care was 53.9% and 28.1% respectively. Being age group of 21-25 years, being unable to read and write, traveling greater than 30 minutes to reach health facility, being self-employee. Having female baby, and initiating ANC follow-up after 16 weeks of gestation are significant predictors of having poor knowledge about ENC. While having educational status of unable to read and write, having female baby and having poor knowledge on essential newborn care were significant factors associated with poor practice of ENC. In this study the level of poor knowledge about essential newborn care is high but the level of poor practice of essential newborn care is relatively high as compared to the 19% Study done in Mekelle town (Berhea et al., 2018). Age(blow 25 years), educational status(unable to read write, distance to health facilities(>30 minutes), occupation status(self-employed),sex of baby(female) and ANC initiation time(after 16 weeks) are significant predictors of having poor knowledge about ENC. Therefore addressing universal education, availing health facilities and health education about the importance of keeping baby warmth play significant.enessential newborn careknowledgepracticenewbornThesis