ASSESSMENT OF NON-CLINICAL CONSTRAINTS TO ENDING PREVENTABLE DEATHS OF NEWBORNS AS PERCEIVED BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN NORTH EAST ZONE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to “assess non clinical constraints to ending preventable deaths of
newborn as perceived by community health workers in North east zone, Nigeria”. An ex-post
facto research design was used to study 450 respondents drawn from three states of North east
zone, Nigeria. A multistage sampling was used to draw the required sample. A questionnaire
titled “questionnaire for community health workers of North east zone, Nigeria” was used to
obtain information from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS Version
25.0. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics of t-test and
Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) were used for all tests of significance. One research question
was asked and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that,
male and female community health workers in North East Zone, Nigeria did not differ
significantly in their perception of the non-clinical constraints to ending preventable deaths of
newborns (0.055).. It was concluded that male and female community health workers in north
east zone, Nigeria were not different in their perceived non clinical constraints to ending
preventable deaths of newborns. The researcher recommended that there is need to enact a
policy prohibiting unhealthy practices that perpetuate non clinical constraints to ending
preventable deaths of newborn babies in the zone.