15 D A study on preference and practices.indd

This was a cross-sectional study in Basra, and involved 353 women who had recently given birth drawn from health care institutions. The main objective was to determine the factors that helped determine the women’s choice of place of delivery: hospital or home. Only 16.1% delivered at home, while 83.9% delivered in hospital. The main reasons for choosing hospital delivery were safety and security (96.6% of the women), better hygiene (66.6%) and because of medical advice (63.2%). The main reasons for the choice of home delivery were social support and privacy (98.2%). The women were consistent in their choice of delivery place across different pregnancies (previous, present and future). 1Directorate of Health Services, Basra, Iraq (Correspondence to O.S Habib: [email protected]). 2Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Basra, Basra, Iraq. Received: 28/12/08; 15/02/09 ةدلاولا ناكم لوح ءاسنلا تاسراممو ليضفت دهم نسح ،ليونيف وج ،يراسور يرم ،بهذ دحمأ نسح وحرب ،ناتسرت كنرفنج ضرغلا ناك دقو .ةيحصلا ةياعرلا تاسسؤم في ً اثيدح اهدولوم تعضو ةأرما 353 تلمش ،ةصربلا في ةيضرع ةسارد نوثحابلا ￯رجأ :ةـصلالخا نأ نوثحابلا ظحلا دقو .تيبلا مأ ىفشتسلما ؛ةدلاولا ناكم ءاقتنا لوح رارقلا ءاسنلا ذاتخا في تدعاس يتلا لماوعلا لىع ف ُّ رعتلا ةساردلل سييئرلا ةملاسلاو ناملأا يه ىفشتسلما في ةدلاولا نهرايتخلا ةيسيئرلا بابسلأا نأو ،ىفشتسلما في ندلو نهنم %83.9و ،لزنلما في ندلو طقف نهنم %16.1 يعماتجلاا معدلا يهف لزنلما في ةدلاولا رايتخلا ةيسيئرلا بابسلأا امأ .(%63.2) ةيبط ةزهجأ دوجو ببسبو (%66.6) لضفأ ةفاظنو ،(%96.6) .(ةقحلالاو ةيلالحاو ةقباسلا) ةفلتخلما لوملحا برع نتهدلاو ناكلم ءاسنلا رايتخا في قاستلاا نوثحابلا ظحلا دقو .(98.2%) ةيصوصلخاو