Variables

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Cultural practices are performed on a woman to accelerate labor*

Insertion of herbs or other applications in the birth canal

109

50.2

Introduction of fingers into birth canal to enlarge passage

42

19.4

Use of anointing oils

66

30.4

Practices believed to help and therefore applied on the umbilical cord of the neonate*

Baby powder

68

17.1

Baby oil

50

12.6

Anointing oil/water

56

14.1

Herbal applications

74

18.6

Tattoos or others cuttings

11

2.8

Chicken droppings

71

17.9

Ashes

67

16.9

Practices believed to help and therefore applied on the fontanelle of the neonate*

Baby powder

32

11.8

Baby oil

26

9.6

Anointing oil/water

33

12.1

Herbal applications

104

38.2

Tattoos or others cuttings

5

1.8

Chicken droppings

32

11.8

Ashes

40

14.7