Variables | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
Cultural practices are performed on a woman to accelerate labor* |
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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 |