Home-based optimal newborn care practice and associated factors among mothers in Ethiopia: a community-based longitudinal panel survey.

The findings of this study showed that the level of home-based optimal newborn care practice was very low in Ethiopia. Also, home-based optimal newborn care practice was lower among mothers from rural areas in the nation. Therefore, health planners and healthcare providers, including health extension workers, should give priority attention to mothers from rural areas to improve their optimal newborn care practice by considering their context-specific factors or barriers.