<p>Over all, 348 mothers were enrolled in the research study, with a mean age of 25 years. A majority were married (91.1%), 90.8%, 71.7% and 65.8% attended PNC, ANC and resided in rural areas respectively. Of the 348 mothers, only 22.1% had good knowledge about newborn care while 19.2% practiced good newborn care. Seventeen percent, 63.5%, 33.9%, and 7.2% did not practice good thermal care, cord care, neonatal feeding and eye care practices, respectively. At multivariate analysis, maternal age, residence and marital status were factors associated with newborn care among mothers.</p>