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Despite the benefits, most mothers and newborns do not receive early postnatal care services from healthcare providers during the critical first few days after delivery.Objectives: This study is aimed at assessing the prevalence of early postnatal care utilization and associated factors among mothers who gave birth within the last 6 weeks in Hosanna town, Southern Ethiopia, from April 20 to May 30, 2022.Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Hadiya Zone, Hosanna town, Southern Ethiopia. A simple random sample technique was used to recruit 403 mothers who had given birth in the previous 6 weeks from a family folder. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews using a standardized questionnaire. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the association between outcomes and explanatory variables, and the strength of the association was interpreted using an odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval. In our study, <jats:inline-formula><a:math xmlns:a=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><a:mi>p<\/a:mi><\/a:math><\/jats:inline-formula> values of 0.05 were considered statistically significant.Results: The prevalence of early postnatal care utilization among mothers who gave birth within 1 week of the study area was 25.8% (95% CI: 21.7\u201330.0). No formal and primary educational level of husband (<jats:inline-formula><c:math xmlns:c=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><c:mtext>AOR<\/c:mtext><c:mo>=<\/c:mo><c:mn>0.05<\/c:mn><\/c:math><\/jats:inline-formula>, 95% CI: [0.02, 0.16]), antenatal care follow-up (<jats:inline-formula><e:math xmlns:e=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><e:mtext>AOR<\/e:mtext><e:mo>=<\/e:mo><e:mn>2.13<\/e:mn><\/e:math><\/jats:inline-formula>, 95% CI: [1.11, 4.1]), length of hospital stay before discharge (\u226524\u2009h) (<jats:inline-formula><g:math xmlns:g=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><g:mi>A<\/g:mi><g:mi>O<\/g:mi><g:mi>R<\/g:mi><g:mo>=<\/g:mo><g:mn>0.3<\/g:mn><\/g:math><\/jats:inline-formula>, 95% CI: [0.16, 0.55]), and information about early postnatal care utilization (<jats:inline-formula><i:math xmlns:i=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><i:mtext>AOR<\/i:mtext><i:mo>=<\/i:mo><i:mn>3.08<\/i:mn><\/i:math><\/jats:inline-formula>, 95% CI: [1.72, 5.52]) were factors significantly associated with early postnatal care utilization.Conclusion: In comparison to World Health Organization standards, the study\u2019s overall prevalence of early postnatal care utilization was low. Early postnatal care use was significantly associated with antenatal care follow-up, the husband\u2019s educational level, knowledge of early postnatal care use, and length of stay at the health institution following birth. 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