نتایج جستجو برای: antenatal care utilization

تعداد نتایج: 732838  

Journal: :African journal of reproductive health 2015
Chava Kahn Moses Iraguha Michael Baganizi Giselle E Kolenic Gerald A Paccione Nergesh Tejani

The World Health Organization recommends four antenatal visits for pregnant women in developing countries. Cash transfers have been used to incentivize participation in health services. We examined whether modest cash transfers for participation in antenatal care would increase antenatal care attendance and delivery in a health facility in Kisoro, Uganda. Twenty-three villages were randomized i...

2016
Patrick Opiyo Owili Miriam Adoyo Muga Yiing-Jenq Chou Yi-Hsin Elsa Hsu Nicole Huang Li-Yin Chien

BACKGROUND Despite the progress in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5, inequity in the utilization of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) care services still remain high in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The continuum of care for MNCH that recognizes a tight inter-relationship between maternal, newborn and child health at different time periods and location is key towards reducing...

2013
Negalign Berhanu Bayou Yohannes Haile Michael Gacho

BACKGROUND In Ethiopia, 94% of births take place at home unattended by trained persons. The government introduced an innovative strategy, Health Services Extension Program in 2003. Clean and safe delivery service is a component of maternal and child healthcare package of the program. However, little is known about the status of uptake of the service. This study thus aimed to assess utilization ...

2017
N Ranasinghe

Introduction: Antenatal oral healthcare programme was introduced in Sri Lanka with the collaboration of existing Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programme in 2009 to provide evidence based oral healthcare to all antenatal mothers. Objectives: To assess the coverage of care of the National Programme for providing Oral Healthcare to Pregnant Mothers in the district of Gampaha. Methodology: A desc...

2010
Declare Mushi Rose Mpembeni Albrecht Jahn

BACKGROUND In Tanzania, maternal mortality ratio remains unacceptably high at 578/100,000 live births. Despite a high coverage of antenatal care (96%), only 44% of deliveries take place within the formal health services. Still, "Ensure skilled attendant at birth" is acknowledged as one of the most effective interventions to reduce maternal deaths. Exploring the potential of community-based inte...

2014
Shivam Gupta Goro Yamada Rose Mpembeni Gasto Frumence Jennifer A. Callaghan-Koru Raz Stevenson Neal Brandes Abdullah H. Baqui

In Tanzania, the coverage of four or more antenatal care (ANC 4) visits among pregnant women has declined over time. We conducted an exploratory analysis to identify factors associated with utilization of ANC 4 and ANC 4 decline among pregnant women over time. We used data from 8035 women who delivered within two years preceding Tanzania Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 1999, 2004/05...

2016
Nahid Kamal Sian Curtis Mohammad S. Hasan Kanta Jamil

BACKGROUND Maternal healthcare utilization is a major determinant of maternal mortality. Bangladesh is experiencing a rapid pace of urbanization with all future growth in population expected to be in urban areas. Health care infrastructure is different in urban and rural areas thus warranting an examination of equity in use rates of maternal healthcare. This paper addresses whether the urban-ru...

2015
Martin Amogre Ayanore Milena Pavlova Wim Groot

BACKGROUND Identifying relevant measures of women's reproductive health needs is critical to improve women's chances of service utilization. The study aims to systematically review and analyze the adequacy of outcome measures and determinants applied in previous studies for assessing women reproductive health needs across West Africa. METHODS Evidence on outcomes and determinants of unmet rep...

2013
O. O. Sholeye Olabisi Onabanjo

Maternal morbidity and mortality has remained unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, despite concerted efforts at its reduction, by various stakeholders and development partners. A major determinant of pregnancy outcome is the quality of care received during pregnancy and the utilization of available services by pregnant women. This study assessed the perception of clients ...

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