{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]],"date-time":"2026-09-17T19:24:57Z","timestamp":1789673097821,"version":"4.0.1"},"reference-count":29,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,1]],"date-time":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1609459200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Health\ufffdServ\ufffdInsights"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Health education is key in the prevention of Ophthalmia Neonatorum (ON). However, health education in relation to eye care in Ghana is very low. To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) of mothers on Ophthalmia Neonatorum (eye infection in newborns), a descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted, using a standardised interviewer-administered questionnaire to collect data. Using a consecutive sampling technique, we enrolled 407 mothers to participate in the study. The overall KAPs of the study participants were assessed using the sum score of each outcome based on Bloom\u2019s cut-off point. Completed data was then analysed using descriptive statistics with SPSS version 22.0 at the level of P &lt; .05. Out of the 407 participants, 321 (78.9%) had not heard about Ophthalmia Neonatorum with nearly 93% having low levels of knowledge on the neonatal infection. We found a significant association between formal education ( P = .001), skilled occupation ( P = .008) and a high level of knowledge on Ophthalmia Neonatorum. The study highlights the need to find improved and alternative methods of educating mothers on Ophthalmia Neonatorum in the bid to reduce blindness attributed to the condition.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/11786329211033248","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,12]],"date-time":"2021-08-12T06:02:38Z","timestamp":1628748158000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Postnatal Mothers on Ophthalmia Neonatorum in the Central Region, Ghana"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4866-4960","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Samuel Bert","family":"Boadi-Kusi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Selina","family":"Holdbrook","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel","family":"Kyei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emmanuel Kwasi","family":"Abu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/eye.1992.34"},{"key":"bibr2-11786329211033248","unstructured":"World Health Organization. Priority eye diseases. World Health Organization. April 18, 2018. Accessed November 22, 2020. www.who.int\/blindness\/causes\/priority\/en\/index3.html"},{"key":"bibr3-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1444-0938.2007.00197.x"},{"key":"bibr4-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/026461960001800309"},{"key":"bibr5-11786329211033248","unstructured":"Akafo SK, Hagan M. Causes of childhood blindness in Southern Ghana. Blind School Survey. 1990. Accessed September 12, 2020. http:\/\/ugspace.ug.edu.gh\/handle\/123456789\/33238"},{"key":"bibr6-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10792-017-0600-9"},{"key":"bibr7-11786329211033248","first-page":"6","volume":"16","author":"Ebeigbe J","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Nigerian Optom Assoc"},{"key":"#cr-split#-bibr8-11786329211033248.1","unstructured":"World Health Organization. Essential Newborn Care: Report of a Technical Working Group (Trieste, 25-29 April 1994). World Health Organization"},{"key":"#cr-split#-bibr8-11786329211033248.2","unstructured":"1996. No. WHO\/FRH\/MSM\/96.13. Accessed April 4, 2020. https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/handle\/10665\/63076"},{"key":"bibr9-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11604\/pamj.2017.28.97.13785"},{"key":"bibr10-11786329211033248","first-page":"00221","volume":"7","author":"Kumah BD","year":"2017","journal-title":"Adv Ophthalmol Vis Syst"},{"key":"bibr11-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0150131"},{"key":"bibr12-11786329211033248","first-page":"2","volume":"11","author":"Ramai D","year":"2013","journal-title":"Internet J Epidemiol"},{"key":"bibr13-11786329211033248","unstructured":"Mbogo SO, Kahaki K, Njambi L. Knowledge, attitude and practice in assessment of childhood ocular disorders among primary health workers in Garissa district, Kenya. JOECSA. 2016;20(1):12-20. http:\/\/erepository.uonbi.ac.ke\/handle\/11295\/100574"},{"key":"bibr14-11786329211033248","volume-title":"Sampling Techniques","author":"Cochran WG.","year":"1977","edition":"3"},{"key":"bibr15-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4038\/sljch.v45i3.8027"},{"key":"bibr16-11786329211033248","volume-title":"Taxonomy Education","author":"Bloom BS.","year":"1956"},{"key":"bibr17-11786329211033248","volume-title":"IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22.0","author":"IBM Corp. Released","year":"2014"},{"key":"bibr18-11786329211033248","first-page":"139","volume":"37","author":"Di Bartolomeo S","year":"2005","journal-title":"Rev Argent Microbiol"},{"key":"bibr19-11786329211033248","first-page":"595","volume":"20","author":"Gul SS","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Coll Physicians Surg Pak"},{"key":"bibr20-11786329211033248","first-page":"77","volume":"3","author":"Mallika P","year":"2008","journal-title":"Malays Fam Phys"},{"key":"bibr21-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/0255-0857.58728"},{"key":"bibr22-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s12098-009-0028-y"},{"key":"bibr23-11786329211033248","first-page":"100","volume":"9","author":"Nkansah EK.","year":"2018","journal-title":"EC Ophthalmol"},{"key":"bibr24-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4038\/sljch.v40i4.3842"},{"key":"bibr25-11786329211033248","first-page":"56","volume":"10","author":"Mesekaa LA","year":"2017","journal-title":"South Sudan Med J"},{"key":"bibr26-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-016-2907-2"},{"key":"bibr27-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13104-015-1278-6"},{"key":"bibr28-11786329211033248","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0168-8510(02)00178-1"}],"container-title":["Health Services Insights"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/11786329211033248","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/11786329211033248","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/11786329211033248","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,29]],"date-time":"2026-04-29T08:08:24Z","timestamp":1777450104000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/11786329211033248"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,1]]},"references-count":29,"alternative-id":["10.1177\/11786329211033248"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/11786329211033248","relation":{},"ISSN":["1178-6329","1178-6329"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1178-6329","type":"print"},{"value":"1178-6329","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,1]]},"article-number":"11786329211033248"}}