Does antenatal care matter in the use of skilled birth attendance in rural Africa: A multi-country analysis

Adjiwanou, Vissého; Legrand, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.047

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“…Regression analysis results indicate that the type of healthcare facility shows a statistically significant association with the overall adequacy of antenatal care among the clients of the private healthcare facilities who received adequate antenatal care services. The finding is supported by findings in a study in Tanzania [11] and points to a statistically significant and positive effect of women's attendance at private healthcare facilities on the adequacy of ANC.…”

Section: Factors Determining the Utilisation Of Anc Servicessupporting

confidence: 68%

“…In order to achieve national goals or meet international standards, ANC services should be adequate and in line with the recommendations of national protocols or WHO guidelines. The number and timing of antenatal visits and the content of services during antenatal visits matter the most in identifying pregnancy risks and management of delivery complications [11].…”

Section: Adequacy Of Antenatal Care Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The number and timing of antenatal visits and the content of services during antenatal visits matter most in identifying pregnancy risks and management of delivery complications [11]. According to WHO, under normal circumstances a woman should have at least four antenatal care visits and the first visit should take place at or before the first 12 weeks of gestation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Maternal age is often indicated as a proxy for health care seeking behaviour. Evidences show that older women are more likely to use health care services [11] due to their accumulated experience in using health services, confidence in household decision-making, and might have been told by health worker that older age is a risk factor [7]. However, it is also true that in some societies maternal health care utilisation is lower among older women [9,14].…”

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The adequacy of antenatal care services among slum residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tebekaw

Mashalla

Thupayagale‐Tshweneagae

2016

Annals of Global Health

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Background: There are recent efforts made to eliminate inequalities in the utilisation of basic health care services. More emphasis is given for improvement of health in developing countries including maternal and child health. However, disparities for the fast-growing population of urban poor are masked by the urban averages. The aim of this paper is to report on the findings of antenatal care adequacy among slum residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: This was a quantitative and cross-sectional community based study design which employed a stratified two-stage cluster sampling technique to determine the sample. Data was collected using structured questionnaire administered to 870 women aged 15-49 years. Weighted 'backward selection' logistic regression models were employed to identify predictors of adequacy of antenatal care. Results: Majority of slum residents did not have adequate antenatal care services with only 50.3, 20.2 and 11.0 % of the slum resident women initiated antenatal care early, received adequate antenatal care service contents and had overall adequate antenatal care services respectively. Educational status and place of ANC visits were important determinant factors for adequacy of ANC in the study area. Women with secondary and above educational status were 2.7 times more likely to receive overall adequate care compared to those with no formal education. Similarly, clients of private healthcare facilities were 2.2 times respectively more likely to receive overall adequate antenatal care compared to those clients of public healthcare facilities. Conclusion: In order to improve ANC adequacy in the study area, the policy-making, planning, and implementation processes should address the poor adequacy of ANC among the disadvantaged groups in particular and the slum residents in general.

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confidence: 68%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The adequacy of antenatal care services among slum residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tebekaw

Mashalla

Thupayagale‐Tshweneagae

2016

Annals of Global Health

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“…If an increased proportion of women started ANC earlier, the health system could be strengthened to deliver other pregnancy-related interventions, such as to encourage repeat ANC visits to fulfil recommended four visits, Vitamin A supplementation and TT vaccination, and importantly encourage SBA. A multi-country study found significant and positive effect on the number of antenatal consultations on SBA during child birth (Adjiwanou and LeGrand 2013). Effective strategies, which not only include mobile phone use, need to be identified to ensure timely access to and supply of these and other essential services.…”

Section: Maternal Healthmentioning

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Improving care-seeking for facility-based health services in a rural, resource-limited setting: Effects and potential of an mHealth project

Higgins-Steele¹,

Noordam

Crawford³

et al. 2015

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The strong impact of maternal marital status on birth body size before and during the Second World War in Poznań district, Poland

Liczbińska

Králík

2021

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives The study aims to examine whether maternal socio‐economic status, represented by marital status and the place of residence, affected birth body size (BBS) of babies in the pre‐war period and during the WWII. Methods The dataset consisted of 8934 unique individual information items on mothers and deliveries collected for two birth cohorts: born before (1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937) and during the WWII (1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944). BBS (weight, length, BMI) was compared according to mother's marital status and her place of residence in two cohorts separately. (ART)ANOVA was applied to test the effect of a child's sex, maternal marital status (MMS), and maternal place of residence (MPR) on birth weight/length/BMI of babies born alive before and during the WWII. Results Babies with greater BBS were born to married mothers than to single ones. This pattern applied to pre‐war and to the WWII cohort. In both pre‐war and the WWII cohorts the MMS had the strongest impact on BBS. The effect of mother's place of residence on BBS was observed in the pre‐war cohort only. Conclusions Marital status could have acted through economic and social factors, level of psychosocial stress and support, social (in)stability. In the pre‐war period, the place of residence much more reflected socio‐economic differences between localities. Marginal economic, health and nutritional conditions associated with the WWII affected mothers regardless of the size of their place of residence.

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Does antenatal care matter in the use of skilled birth attendance in rural Africa: A multi-country analysis

Cited by 128 publications

References 36 publications

The adequacy of antenatal care services among slum residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The adequacy of antenatal care services among slum residents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Improving care-seeking for facility-based health services in a rural, resource-limited setting: Effects and potential of an mHealth project

The strong impact of maternal marital status on birth body size before and during the Second World War in Poznań district, Poland

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