Globally, birth asphyxia is one of the leading causes of neonatal death. In Tanzania, neonatal deaths are estimated to be 25 deaths per 1000 live births and birth asphyxia accounts for 31% of those deaths. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 40 health centers within 7 districts in Dodoma Region among nurses working in maternity units. Simple random sampling was used to select participants. A knowledge questionnaire and performance skills checklist were used to assess nurses’ knowledge and skills respectively. Chi-square and binary logistic regression were employed to test association and identify significant predictors of HBB knowledge and skills. A total of 172 participants completed the study out of 176 recruited. This represents a respondent rate of 98%. Findings indicate that age, duration of professional training, and experience in maternity were significant predictors for knowledge and skills. However, after control of the confounders, experience in the maternity unit was found to be the only significant predictor of knowledge and skills in resuscitation of the neonates (AOR = 2.94; CI: 0.96–8.98; P = 0.05) and (AOR = 4.14; CI: 1.12–15.31; P = 0.03) respectively. Nurses with longer maternity nursing care experience of 5 years and above were better able to answer questions that demonstrated adequate knowledge (53.9%) and perform skills correctly (53.2%) related to HBB. Those with less than 5 years’ experience had limited knowledge (20%) and skills (10.5%). In this setting, direct work experience in the maternity unit was the main factor influencing knowledge and skills in neonatal resuscitation with HBB.

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坦桑尼亚多多玛地区帮助婴儿在初级卫生保健机构中呼吸知识和技能的预测指标

在全球范围内，出生窒息是新生儿死亡的主要原因之一。在坦桑尼亚，新生儿死亡估计为每1000例活产中有25例死亡，而出生窒息占这些死亡的31％。在Dodoma地区7个地区的40个保健中心，对产科护士进行了横断面研究。简单随机抽样用于选择参与者。知识问卷和绩效技能清单分别用于评估护士的知识和技能。卡方和二元逻辑回归用于检验关联性，并确定HBB知识和技能的重要预测因子。在176名新兵中，共有172名参与者完成了这项研究。代表98％的回应率。调查结果表明年龄，专业培训时间，产妇的经验和知识是知识和技能的重要预测指标。然而，在控制了混杂因素之后，发现产妇的经验是新生儿复苏知识和技能的唯一重要预测指标（AOR = 2.94； CI：0.96-8.98； P = 0.05）和（AOR = 4.14） ； CI：1.12–15.31； P = 0.03）。具有5年及以上孕妇护理经验的护士能够更好地回答那些具有足够知识（53.9％）并正确执行与HBB相关技能的问题（53.2％）。经验不足5年的人知识（20％）和技能（10.5％）有限。在这种情况下，产妇部门的直接工作经验是影响HBB新生儿复苏的知识和技能的主要因素。