• MISS NIGHAT PARVEEN
• MR AB ROUF BHAT

The birth of a child is usually occasioned by a well term baby and a healthy mother. In the minority of cases the pregnancy may be complicated by maternal illness, preterm labour, a difficult delivery or other problem resulting in babies requiring additional neonatal care at and after birth. Essential newborn care is the care required by all neonates (first 28 days of life) whether they are born healthy, small or unwell. It includes appropriate preventive care, routine care, transition and care of sick. Deaths in the first month of life, which are mostly preventable, represent 45 per cent of total deaths among children under five. As mortality among children under five declines globally, deaths among these children are more and more concentrated in the first days of life. This makes focus on newborn care critical than ever before. In 2015, an estimated 2.7 million children died in their first month of life; almost 1 million or 36 per cent died in the first day of life. Despite ongoing challenges, major progress has been made in improving neonatal survival. Neonatal mortality is on the decline globally. The world’s neonatal mortality rate fell from 36 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 19 per 1,000 live births in 2015, a 47 per cent decline. The result is a drop in neonatal deaths worldwide from 5.1 million in 1990 to 2.7 million in 2015. The large majority of newborn deaths (80 per cent) are due to complications related to preterm birth, intrapartum events such as birth asphyxia, or infections such as sepsis or pneumonia. Thus, targeting the time around birth with proven high impact interventions and quality care for small and sick newborns may prevent up to 80 per cent of newborn deaths. The “Every Newborn Action Plan” (ENAP) calls for an increased focus on the time around birth with targeted high impact interventions as a strategy for reducing not only newborn deaths but also maternal deaths and stillbirths, generating a triple return in investment. The study conducted, assess the knowledge which is present in the women of reproductive age group and also aims at improving the level of awareness by determination of relationship of knowledge and other variables making the study worth it.

Knowledge, Essential Newborn care, Reproductive age

"A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding essential newborn care among women in selected Rural Communities of Kashmir", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.b521-b528, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205172.pdf

"A descriptive study to assess the knowledge regarding essential newborn care among women in selected Rural Communities of Kashmir", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppb521-b528, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205172.pdf