Unintended pregnancy and women’s use of prenatal care in Ecuador

Eggleston, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(00)00010-1

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“…Unwanted pregnancy may contribute to low birthweight by means of maternal behaviors such as nonuse of prenatal care and smoking or alcohol consumption during pregnancy. [6][7][8][9][10][11] However, this study revealed an independent association between unwanted pregnancy and low birthweight even after control for these factors. It is likely that the content and quality of prenatal care (information not available from the Ecuador Demographic and Maternal-Child Health Survey), rather than the mere use of services, had a meaningful impact on birthweight.…”

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Unintended pregnancy and low birthweight in Ecuador

Eggleston

Tsui²,

Kotelchuck³

2001

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the relationship between unintended pregnancy and infant birthweight in Ecuador, differentiating between unwanted and mistimed pregnancies. METHODS: Analyses focused on a subsample of women (n = 2490) interviewed in the 1994 Ecuador Demographic and Maternal-Child Health Survey. Logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between pregnancy intention status and low birthweight after control for other factors. RESULTS: Infants from unwanted pregnancies were more likely than infants from planned pregnancies to have low birthweight (odds ratio = 1.64, 95% confidence interval = 1.22, 2.20). Mistimed pregnancy was not associated with low birthweight. CONCLUSIONS: Unwanted pregnancy, but not mistimed pregnancy, is associated with low birthweight in Ecuador. Further research is needed to understand the mechanism through which pregnancy intention status affects birthweight.

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confidence: 91%

Unintended pregnancy and low birthweight in Ecuador

Eggleston

Tsui²,

Kotelchuck³

2001

Am J Public Health

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“…In studies conducted in Brazil and Ecuador also showed similar things, i.e. unmarried women have greater risk to not do the K4 versus a married woman [4,6].…”

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“…In the study conducted in Thailand and Ecuador also showed similar things. In Ecuador, girls aged less than 20 years, much less in doing visits K4 compared girls aged 20-34 years [4]. In Thailand, women aged less than 20 years, is the group most at risk for not doing an examination of K1, so the total antenatal care visits (K4) is not complete.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In studies conducted in Ecuador, Thailand, also shows the same thing. In Ecuador, women with primary education over a bit in doing K4, compared to women who have reached the level of secondary education [4]. In Thailand, women who have completed elementary school, junior high school and finished high school, more checks K4, than women who are not educated [8].…”

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“…Studies in Ecuador, indicates that pregnancy intentions, region of residence, marital status, parity, level of education, age and economic level related to the visit of K4 [4]. On the research of the systemic review of 28 journals, results of research in developing countries, it brings that level of education of the mother and father, marital status, the cost of inspection, access to medical services, household income, mother's work, exposure to media, history of complications in pregnancy, tradition, pregnancy intention, relates to the behavior of pregnant women in visit K4 [5].…”

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Factors That Affect The K4 In Indonesia

Anggraini¹,

Bantas²,

Fikawati³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 1st International Integrative Conference on Health, Life and Social Sciences (ICHLaS 2017)

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Abstract---K4 coverage targets for according to health programs in Indonesia namely of 95% is still difficult to achieve. From various provinces in Indonesia, only 3 provinces that managed to hit the target, namely the provinces of Jakarta, West Java and Riau. The low coverage of K4 in various provinces in Indonesia are influenced by various factors. This research aims to know the various factors that affect the K4 in Indonesia. The design of this research study is cross sectional, with respondents as much 13,955 women aged 15-49 years, which gave birth to the last child in the 5 years prior to the survey. This study uses secondary data, i.e. data from Indonesia Demographic Health Survey (IDHS) in 2012. The data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis. The results showed there were 29.6% of respondents who have children >2, 14.3% of respondents who have birth spacing <3 years, 16.4% of respondents aged <20 years, 10.9 respondents aged >35 years, 60.2% of respondents who have not finished high school and 38% of respondents who live below the poverty line. On bivariate analysis, meaningful relationship is obtained between the all confounding variables with a value of p< 0.25. On multivariate analysis, there is a negative relationship between the intention of pregnancy, the level of economy, the level of education, region of residence, marital status, parity, age, birth spacing and K4 visits in Indonesia. The rate of the economy is the most dominant variables related to the visit of K4. The Government is expected to open up new jobs, to lose Indonesia's poor presentation; and also expected to increase socialization and participation of the poor population to become members of the health insurance.

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Place of birth for unintended pregnancies in six former Soviet Union countries

Bellizzi¹,

Pichierri

Napodano

et al. 2021

Health Planning & Management

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Objective: This paper aims at exploring the association between unintended pregnancies and place of birth in six Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries. Material and methods: A secondary analysis of the latest cross-sectional Demographic and Health Surveys of six FSU countries from 2005 through 2012 was conducted. Prevalence of institutional births and unintended pregnancies was estimated by country and for the pooled population. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated to measure the country and pooled association between pregnancy intention and institutional birth. Results: Institutional births occurred in 90.4% of the overall study population and ranged from 78.2% in Tajikistan to 99.7% in Ukraine Demographic and HealthSurvey. Around one out of 10 pregnancies resulted unintended. In the pooled analysis, unintended pregnancies were significantly associated with giving births outside health facility (aOR1.2; 95% CI 1.0-1.6). Conclusion:Based on the study findings we suggest that increase awareness of benefit of skilled delivery care is needed among women with poor access to family planning.

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Unintended pregnancy and women’s use of prenatal care in Ecuador

Cited by 79 publications

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Unintended pregnancy and low birthweight in Ecuador

Unintended pregnancy and low birthweight in Ecuador

Factors That Affect The K4 In Indonesia

Place of birth for unintended pregnancies in six former Soviet Union countries

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