Factors associated with utilization of institutional delivery care and postnatal care services in Ethiopia

Abstract Background Maternal continuum of care is identified to have a greatest impact on maternal and child survival. However, there is a wide variation in maternal health services utilization from place to place in Ethiopia. Therefore, knowing antenatal care, labor and delivery, and postnatal care uptake has paramount importance to take interventions. Methods A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1626 postpartum women. Descriptive statistics were done to characterize the study population and utilization of antenatal care, institutional delivery, and postnatal care services. Logistic regression analysis was employed to identify factors associated with institutional delivery. Results Nearly eighty percent, (79.7%, 95% CI: 77.7, 81.6), of women attended at least one antenatal care visit at any health facility. However, only less than one third (31.4%) used all the recommended antenatal care (ANC). About half, 820 (49.2%: 95% CI: 46.7, 51.8) women delivered their child in health institution. About half, 822 (50.6%, 95% CI: 48.2, 52.9) of postpartum women who participated in this study had at least one postnatal care (PNC) visit at health facilities. Being urban resident (AOR=8.18, 95%CI: 4.69, 14.26)), respondents of higher educational status (AOR= 4.99, 95%CI: 2.51, 9.90), being Orthodox Christian (AOR= 2.35, 95%CI: 1.15, 4.79), getting TT vaccination during pregnancy (AOR=1.54, 95%CI: 1.06, 2.23), and antenatal care utilization (AOR=2.97, 95%CI: 2.06, 4.27) were predictors for health facility/institutional delivery. Conclusions Though a significant proportion of the study participants initiated antenatal care, utilization of all the recommended antenatal care visits, facility delivery, and postnatal care services were low. Health professionals need to use the first antenatal care visit as a golden opportunity to attract and maintain pregnant women for the subsequent maternal health care services.

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Factors Associated with Utilization of Postnatal Care Services in Mali, West Africa

International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public Health ◽

10.21106/ijtmrph.318 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 23-32

Author(s):

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah ◽

Abdul-Aziz Seidu ◽

Eugene Budu ◽

Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah ◽

Ebenezer Agbaglo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Service Utilization ◽

Postnatal Care ◽

Care Service ◽

Economic Status ◽

Maternal Mortality Ratio ◽

Complete Information ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Creative Commons ◽

Care Services

Background and Objective: Postnatal care is recognized as one of the most effective ways of preventing and managing physical and mental disabilities that occur during the postpartum period. Despite the importance of postnatal care, its utilization is low in Mali. The present study investigates factors associated with utilization of postnatal care services in Mali. Methods: A total of 5,778 women who had complete information on all the variables of interest were included in our study. The data were analyzed with Stata version 14.2 by employing a multilevel logistic regression approach. The results were presented using adjusted odds ratios (aOR) at 95% confidence interval (CI). Results: We found that 25.18% of childbearing women in Mali utilized postnatal care. Women with no education (aOR=1.28, 95% CI=1.02-1.62) and those with primary level of education (OR=1.38, 95% CI=1.06- 1.81) had higher odds of postnatal care uptake, compared to those with secondary/higher education. On the contrary, postnatal care service utilization was lower among women who were not covered by health insurance (aOR=0.63, 95% CI=0.46-0.88), those who were not working (aOR=0.82, 95% CI=0.70-0.96), and those who were not exposed to mass media (aOR=0.80, 95% CI=0.70-0.93). Similarly, compared to women in the Mopti region, women in all other regions were less likely to utilize postnatal care services. Postnatal care service utilization was lower among women in communities with low educational level (aOR = 0.42, 95% CI=0.27-0.66) and medium socio-economic status (aOR=0.59, 95% CI=0.36-0.99). Conclusion and Implications for Translation: The study revealed several individual, household and community level factors as predictors of utilization of postnatal care services in Mali. Public health interventions intended to improve postnatal care services uptake in Mali should pay attention to these factors. This will help achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 3.1 which focuses on reducing the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100 000 live births by 2030. Copyright © 2021 Ahinkorah et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0.

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Factors associated with the upsurge in the use of delivery care services in Sierra Leone

Public Health ◽

10.1016/j.puhe.2019.11.002 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 180 ◽

pp. 74-81

Author(s):

M. Tsawe ◽

A. Sathiya Susuman

Keyword(s):

Sierra Leone ◽

Delivery Care ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Services

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Determinants of antenatal care, institutional delivery and postnatal care services utilization in Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal ◽

10.11604/pamj.2015.21.321.6527 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

Cited By ~ 53

Author(s):

Tukur Dahiru ◽

Oche Mansur Oche

Keyword(s):

Antenatal Care ◽

Postnatal Care ◽

Institutional Delivery ◽

Services Utilization ◽

Care Services

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Maternal and community factors associated with postnatal care checkups in Ethiopia: A multi-level analysis

10.21203/rs.3.rs-34095/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Afework Tadele ◽

Masrie Getinet

Keyword(s):

Cesarean Section ◽

Health Facility ◽

Postnatal Care ◽

Household Wealth ◽

Community Level ◽

Maternal Factors ◽

Community Factors ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Services ◽

Multi Level

Abstract Background Maternal mortality remained a public health issue, especially in developing countries. Although the first two days after birth was a critical time in which the highest maternal death recorded, it was the most neglected period of maternal health services. Therefore, this study aims to determine the maternal and community-level factors of postnatal check-ups in Ethiopia Methods Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in 2016 was utilized. A total of 3,948 women aged 15-49 giving birth in the two years before the survey were included. The response variables were post-natal check-ups in the first two days after birth, dichotomized into no check-ups in the first two days and check-ups within two days after giving birth. The explanatory variables were individual maternal characteristics such as education, household wealth, perceived distance to a health facility to get medical help, employment status, antenatal care (ANC), delivery by cesarean section, birth order and place of delivery, and selected community characteristics such as community literacy, community socioeconomic status, community ANC coverage, community perception of distance to a health facility, and regional states. A multi-level mixed-effects logistic regression model was employed. Result Only 17% of the women had a postnatal check-up within 2 days of giving birth in Ethiopia. Institutional delivery AOR 2.14 [95% C.I 1.70, 2.0] and giving birth by cesarean section AOR 1.66 [95% CI 1.10, 2.50] were found to be maternal factors, whereas administrative regions(Oromia 69%, Somali 56%, Benishangul 55%, SNNPR 43%, Gambela 66%, Afar 50% and Dire Dawa 55% which less likely to utilize postnatal care utilization as compared to Addis Ababa city administrative area), Higher community-level wealth AOR 1.44 [95% C.I 1.08, 1.2], ANC coverage AOR 1.52 [95% C.I 1.19, 1.96] and perceived distance of the health facility as a big problem AOR 0.78[95% C.I 0.60, 0.99] were the community factors associated with postnatal check-ups in Ethiopia. Conclusion Both maternal factors and community factors are found to be a significant association with postnatal care services utilization, however, based on the ICC maternal factors prevail the community-level factors. Increasing access to postnatal care services to the remote areas of Ethiopia was recommended.

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Women's Satisfaction with Maternal care in Ghana : The Doctor's Behaviour as a Regulating Factor

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrst218539 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 332-344

Author(s):

Fortune Afi Agbi ◽

Professor Zhou Lvlin ◽

Eric Owusu Asamoah

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Maternal Health ◽

Postnatal Care ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Maternal Health Care ◽

Delivery Care ◽

Care Services

<p>The key element of human rights and the road to equity and dignity of women and children is the quality of care received. The provision of maternal health care is based on quality during pregnancy, and distinctly forty-eight hours after delivery, is an important contribution to saving women’s lives and preventing disabilities (Quah, 2016). Thus, the understanding of women's experiences and expectations through the continuum of prenatal care, delivery care and postnatal care is important for assessing the quality of maternal health care and the determination of problem areas requiring improvement. Women's satisfaction reflects women's judgment of various aspects of maternal health care, including organizational and interpersonal aspects. Multiple linear regression was used (IBM SPSS v.25) to test the main hypotheses for the present study. The ordinal regression was used to predict the value of a result variable (dependent variable) based on the value of two or more prediction variables (independent variables). This study identifies the relationship between maternal health services (prenatal & diagnostic care, delivery care and postnatal care) and women's satisfaction with the moderating role of doctor's behavior. The study finally determined the positive impact of health care services on women's satisfaction. The results also show that the doctor's behavior in health care services affect women's satisfaction and so, the alternate hypotheses are accepted. In this study, physicians were encouraged to give pregnant women thorough inspection and examination, treat them with courtesy and respect. The study also showed that, the government should focus on hiring additional employees to overcome workload.</p>

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Family planning utilization and associated factors among postpartum women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0245123 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. e0245123

Author(s):

Lema Tafa ◽

Yoseph Worku

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Antenatal Care ◽

Sexual Activity ◽

Health Facility ◽

Postnatal Care ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Addis Ababa ◽

Postpartum Women ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Services

Background Pregnancies that occur in the first year after birth can result in adverse outcomes for the mothers and their babies. Postpartum family planning (PPFP) can save lives of many mothers and children. Only few data are available about the magnitude of PPFP use and its determinants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Objective To assess PPFP utilization and associated factors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Method A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to June 2018. A total of 625 women were enrolled in the study. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyze the data. Binary logistic regression model with adjusted odd ratio (AOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to identify the factors associated with PPFP use. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered as significant. Result The magnitude of PPFP utilization in Addis Ababa was 71.8%. Previous family planning (FP) information (AOR = 13.2; 95% CI: (1.96, 88.07)), FP information from health facility visit (AOR = 2.23; 95% CI: (1.45, 3.43)), antenatal care (AOR = 4.96; 95% CI: (1.58, 15.64)), counseling on FP at postnatal care (AOR = 1.97; 95% CI: (1.27, 3.05)), menses resumption after birth (AOR = 1.75; 95% CI: (1.11, 2.76)), and commencing sexual activity after birth (AOR = 9.34; 95% CI: (5.39, 16.17)) were the factors associated with PPFP use. Conclusion and recommendation Though the magnitude of PPFP use is encouraging, still three out of the ten postpartum women did not use PPFP. The determinants of PPFP use were having FP information, having FP information from health facility visit, antenatal care, counseling about FP during postnatal care, menses resumption after birth, and commencing sexual activity after birth. The health system in the City and the healthcare providers should strive to reach every woman who is not accessing the PPFP services and antenatal care services, and improve counseling services on PPFP during delivery and postnatal care services.

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Association of Antenatal Care Visit with Utilization of Institutional Delivery Care Services in Afghanistan: Intersections Between Education, Wealth, and Household Decision-Making Autonomy

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1144471/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mostafizur Rahman ◽

Priom Saha ◽

Jalal Uddin

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Social Status ◽

Institutional Delivery ◽

Skilled Birth Attendant ◽

Safe Motherhood ◽

Care Utilization ◽

Delivery Care ◽

Household Decision ◽

Care Services ◽

Statistical Interactions

Abstract Background: The importance of antenatal visits in safe motherhood and childbirth is well documented. However, less is known how social determinants of health interact with antenatal care (ANC) visits in shaping the uptake of professional delivery care services in low-income countries. This study examines the association of ANC visits with institutional delivery care utilization outcomes in Afghanistan. Further, we assess the extent to which ANC visits intersect with education, wealth, and household decision-making autonomy in predicting two outcomes of delivery care utilization- delivery at a health facility and delivery assisted by a skilled birth attendant.Methods: We used data from the Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey (AfDHS) 2015. The analytic sample included 15,581 women of reproductive age (15-49). We assessed the associations using logistic regression models, estimated the predicted probability of delivery care outcomes using statistical interactions, and presented estimates in margins plot. Results: Regression analyses adjusted for socioeconomic and demographic covariates suggest that women who had 4 or more ANC visits were 5.7 times (95% CI= 4.78, 7.11, P<0.001) more likely to use delivery care at a health facility and 6.5 times (95% CI= 5.23, 8.03; P<0.001) more likely to have a delivery assisted by a skilled birth attendant compared to women who had no ANC visit. Estimates from models with statistical interactions between ANC, education, wealth, and decision-making autonomy suggest that women with higher social status were more advantageous in utilizing institutional delivery care services compared to women with lower levels of social status. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the association of ANC visit with institutional delivery care services is stronger among women with higher social status. The results have implications for promoting safe motherhood and childbirth through improving women’s social status.

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Postnatal Care Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Women Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months prior to the Study in Debre Markos Town, Northwestern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Reproductive Medicine ◽

10.1155/2016/7095352 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Miteku Andualem Limenih ◽

Zerfu Mulaw Endale ◽

Berihun Assefa Dachew

Keyword(s):

Service Utilization ◽

Postnatal Care ◽

Care Service ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Maternal And Newborn Health ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Community Based ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Services

Improving maternal and newborn health through proper postnatal care services under the care of skilled health personnel is the key strategy to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. However, there were limited evidences on utilization of postnatal care services in Ethiopia. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Debremarkos town, Northwest Ethiopia. Cluster sampling technique was used to select 588 study participants. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with postnatal care utilization. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was computed to determine the level of significance. Postnatal care service utilization was found to be 33.5%. Awareness about maternal complication (AOR: 2.72, 95% CI (1.71, 4.34)), place of delivery of last child (AOR: 1.68, 95% CI: (1.01, 2.79)), outcome of birth (AOR: 2.71, 95% CI (1.19, 6.19)), delivery by cesarean section (AOR: 4.82, 95% CI (1.86, 12.54)), and delivery complication that occurred during birth (AOR: 2.58, 95% CI (1.56, 4.28)) were factors associated with postnatal care service utilization. Postnatal care service utilization was found to be low. Increasing awareness about postnatal care, preventing maternal and neonatal complication, and scheduling mothers based on the national postnatal care follow-up protocol would increase postnatal care service utilization.

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