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Demissie KA, Jejaw M, Wondimu BG, Mersha YT, Demsash ES, Dessie SG, Teshome AG, Geberu DM, Tiruneh MG. Only 9% of mothers have eight and more ANC visit in 14 sub-saharan African countries; evidence from the most recent DHS 2018-2023: a multilevel analysis. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:1631. [PMID: 38898450 PMCID: PMC11186201 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19145-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The world health organization's global health observatory defines maternal mortality as annual number of female deaths, regardless of the period or location of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or caused by pregnancy or its management (aside from accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy and an estimated 287 000 women worldwide passed away from maternal causes between 2016 and 2020, that works out to be about 800 deaths per day or about one every two minutes. METHOD The most recent 2018-2023 DHS data set of 14 SSA countries was used a total of 89,489 weighted mothers who gave at list one live birth 3 years preceding the survey were included, a multilevel analysis was conducted. In the bi-variable analysis variables with p-value ≤ 0.20 were included in the multivariable analysis, and in the multivariable analysis, variables with p-value less than ≤ 0.05 were considered to be significant factors associated with having eight and more ANC visits. RESULT The magnitude of having eight and more ANC visits in 14 sub-Saharan African countries was 8.9% (95% CI: 8.76-9.13) ranging from 3.66% (95% CI: 3.54-3.79) in Gabon to 18.92% (95% CI: 18.67-19.17) in Nigeria. The multilevel analysis shows that maternal age (40-44, AOR;2.09, 95%CI: 1.75-2.53), maternal occupational status (AOR;1.14, 95%CI; 1.07-1.22), maternal educational level (secondary and above, AOR;1.26, 95%CI; 1.16-1.38), wealth status(AOR;1.65, 95%CI; 1.50-1.82), media exposure (AOR;1.20, 95%CI; 1.11-1.31), pregnancy intention (AOR;1.12, 95%CI; 1.05-1.20), ever had terminated pregnancy (AOR;1.16 95%CI; 1.07-1.25), timely initiation of first ANC visit (AOR;4.79, 95%CI; 4.49-5.10), empowerment on respondents health care (AOR;1.43, 95%CI; 1.30-1.56), urban place of residence (AOR;1.33, 95%CI; 1.22-1.44) were factors highly influencing the utilization of AN. On the other hand higher birth order (AOR;0.54, 95%CI; 0.53-0.66), not using contraceptive (AOR;0.80, 95%CI; 0.75-0.86) and survey year (AOR;0.47, 95%CI; 0.34-0.65) were factors negatively associated with having eight and more ANC visits. CONCLUSION In the 14 SSA included in this study, there is low adherence to WHO guidelines of eight and more ANC visits. Being educated, having jobs, getting access to media being from rural residence and rich wealth group contribute to having eight and more ANC visits, so we highly recommend policy implementers to advocate this practices.
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- Kaleb Assegid Demissie
- Department of Health Systems and Policy, Institute of Public Health, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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- Department of Health Systems and Policy, Institute of Public Health, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Surgery, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Health Systems and Policy, Institute of Public Health, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Health Systems and Policy, Institute of Public Health, Collage of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Aguilar-Rodríguez MA, Castro-Porras LV. COVID-19 and the adequacy of antenatal care among Indigenous women: A retrospective crossover analysis. Birth 2024; 51:432-440. [PMID: 38037260 DOI: 10.1111/birt.12799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Often marginalized and disadvantaged by systems of oppression, Indigenous populations commonly face significant barriers to accessing adequate antenatal care (ANC). The COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on healthcare systems worldwide, including on the provision of antenatal care; this was especially so for Indigenous communities in many regions. As such, our study aimed to estimate the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and adequate ANC received by Indigenous women in Chiapas, Mexico. METHODS We conducted a retrospective crossover analysis with data collected between June and December 2021 from Indigenous women who attended at least one ANC appointment at one of two health centers in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. We used a multinomial logistic regression model considering the time frame (before and during the pandemic) as the primary independent variable. Adequate antenatal care comprised four dimensions: attendance by qualified personnel, timely first visit, sufficient frequency of visits, and adequacy of the content provided during the visits. RESULTS During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant drop in ANC adequacy, with 12.7% (95% CI: 8.3, 18.9) of Indigenous women receiving ANC, compared with the pre-pandemic rate of 52.5% (95% CI: 44.7, 60.3), among the 158 participants. The pandemic resulted in a reduction of 75.8% in the adequacy of ANC. Considering the four dimensions of adequacy, we found that having only one dimension was associated with a relative risk ratio (RRR) of 12.45 (95% CI: 6.40, 24.23), while having two or three dimensions was associated with a RRR of 5.23 (95% CI: 2.83, 9.65) when using adequate ANC as the category of reference. CONCLUSIONS According to our results, Indigenous women's ANC adequacy was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of these findings, we emphasize the importance of developing healthcare systems that are prepared to adapt consultation schemes by implementing virtual visits and incorporating community health workers.
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- Politics, Population and Health Research Center, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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Alemu AA, Zeleke LB, Jember DA, Kassa GM, Khajehei M. Individual and community level determinants of delayed antenatal care initiation in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic Health Survey. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300750. [PMID: 38753694 PMCID: PMC11098314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Antenatal care (ANC) is essential health care and medical support provided to pregnant women, with the aim of promoting optimal health for both the mother and the developing baby. Pregnant women should initiate ANC within the first trimester of pregnancy to access a wide range of crucial services. Early initiation of ANC significantly reduces adverse pregnancy outcomes, yet many women in Sub-Saharan Africa delay its initiation. The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and determinants of delayed ANC initiation in Ethiopia. METHODS We conducted a secondary data analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey (EMDHS). The study involved women of reproductive age who had given birth within the five years prior to the survey and had attended ANC for their most recent child. A total weighted sample of 2,895 pregnant women were included in the analysis. Due to the hierarchical nature of the data, we employed a multi-level logistic regression model to examine both individual and community level factors associated with delayed ANC initiation. The findings of the regressions were presented with odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (CI), and p-values. All the statistical analysis were performed using STATA-14 software. RESULTS This study showed that 62.3% (95% CI: 60.5, 64.1) of pregnant women in Ethiopia delayed ANC initiation. Participants, on average, began their ANC at 4 months gestational age. Women with no education (AOR = 2.1; 95% CI: 1.4, 3.0), poorest wealth status (AOR = 1.9; 95% CI: 1.3, 2.8), from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) region (AOR = 2.1; 95% CI: 1.3, 3.3), and those who gave birth at home (AOR = 1.4; 95% CI: 1.1, 1.7) were more likely to delay ANC initiation. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of delayed ANC initiation in Ethiopia was high. Enhancing mothers' education, empowering them through economic initiatives, improving their health-seeking behavior towards facility delivery, and universally reinforcing standardized ANC, along with collaborating with the existing local community structure to disseminate health information, are recommended measures to reduce delayed ANC initiation.
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- Addisu Alehegn Alemu
- School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales Sydney, Kensington, Australia
- College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
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- School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales Sydney, Kensington, Australia
- College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
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- School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales Sydney, Kensington, Australia
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- School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales Sydney, Kensington, Australia
- Women’s and Newborn Health, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia
- The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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Belay W, Belay A, Mengesha T, Habtemichael M. Demographic and economic inequality of antenatal care coverage in 4 African countries with a high maternal mortality rate. Arch Public Health 2024; 82:61. [PMID: 38711154 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-024-01288-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Maternal deaths are concentrated in low and middle-income countries, and Africa accounts for over 50% of the deaths. Women from socioeconomically disadvantaged households have higher morbidity and mortality rates and lower access to maternal health services. Understanding and addressing these inequalities is crucial for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and improving maternal health outcomes. This study examines the demographic and economic disparities in the utilization of antenatal care (ANC) in four countries with high maternal mortality rates in Africa, namely Nigeria, Chad, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. METHOD The study utilised data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) from Nigeria, Chad, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The data was obtained from the Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) database. The study examined ANC service utilisation inequality in four dimensions such as economic status, education, place of residence, and subnational region across different subgroups by using four summary measures (Difference (D), Absolute Concentration Index (ACI), Population Attributable Risk (PAR), and Population Attributable Factor (PAF)). RESULT A varying level of inequality in ANC coverage across multiple survey years was observed in Nigeria, Chad, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Different regions and countries exhibit varying levels of inequality. Disparities were prominent based on educational attainment and place of residence. Higher level of inequality was generally observed among individuals with higher education and those residing in urban areas. Inequality in ANC coverage was also observed by economic status, subnational region, and other factors in Nigeria, Chad, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. ANC coverage is generally higher among the richest quintile subgroup, indicating inequality. Nigeria and Chad show the highest levels of inequality in ANC coverage across multiple measures. Sierra Leone displays some variation with higher coverage among the poorest quintile subgroup. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION Inequalities in ANC coverage exist across age groups and survey years in Nigeria, Chad, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Disparities are prominent based on education, residence, and economic status. Efforts should focus on improving access for vulnerable groups, enhancing education and awareness, strengthening healthcare infrastructure, and addressing economic disparities.
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- Winini Belay
- Department of Reproductive Health and Health Service Management, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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- Centre for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Epidemiology, St. Peter Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Ameyaw EK, Baatiema L, Naawa A, Odame F, Koramah D, Arthur-Holmes F, Frimpong SO, Hategeka C. Quality of antenatal care in 13 sub-Saharan African countries in the SDG era: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2024; 24:303. [PMID: 38654217 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06459-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Maternal and neonatal mortality remains high in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with women having 1 in 36 lifetime risk. The WHO launched the new comprehensive recommendations/guidelines on antenatal care (ANC) in 2016, which stresses the essence of quality antenatal care. Consequently, the objective of this cross-sectional study is to investigate the quality of ANC in 13 SSA countries. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study that is premised on pre-existing secondary data, spanning 2015 to 2021. Data for the study was obtained from the Measure DHS Programme and included a total of 79,725 women aged 15-49 were included. The outcome variable was quality ANC and it was derived as a composite variable from four main ANC services: blood pressure taken, urine taken, receipt of iron supplementation and blood sample taken. Thirteen independent variables were included and broadly categorised into individual and community-level characteristics. Descriptive statistics were used to present the proportion of women who had quality ANC across the respective countries. A two-level multilevel regression analysis was conducted to ascertain the direction of association between quality ANC and the independent variables. RESULTS The overall average of women who had quality ANC was 53.8% [CI = 51.2,57.5] spanning from 82.3% [CI = 80.6,85.3] in Cameroon to 11% [CI = 10.0, 11.4] in Burundi. Women with secondary/higher education had higher odds of obtaining quality ANC compared with those without formal education [aOR = 1.23, Credible Interval [Crl] = 1.10,1.37]. Poorest women were more likely to have quality ANC relative to the richest women [aOR = 1.21, Crl = 1.14,1.27]. Married women were more likely to receive quality ANC relative to those cohabiting [aOR = 2.04, Crl = 1.94,3.05]. Women who had four or more ANC visits had higher odds of quality ANC [aOR = 2.21, Crl = 2.04,2.38]. Variation existed in receipt of quality ANC at the community-level [σ2 = 0.29, Crl = 0.24,0.33]. The findings also indicated that a 36.2% variation in quality ANC is attributable to community-level factors. CONCLUSION To achieve significant improvement in the coverage of quality ANC, the focus of maternal health interventions ought to prioritise uneducated women, those cohabiting, and those who are unable to have at least four ANCs. Further, ample recognition should be accorded to the existing and potential facilitators and barriers to quality ANC across and within countries.
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- Edward Kwabena Ameyaw
- School of Graduate Studies and Institute of Policy Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China.
- L&E Research Consult Ltd, Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana.
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- L&E Research Consult Ltd, Wa, Upper West Region, Ghana
- Ghana Health Service, Upper West Regional Health Directorate, Wa, Ghana
- Centre for Environment, Migration and International Relations; Faculty of Public Policy and Governance, Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Wa, Ghana
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- Ghana Health Service, Upper West Regional Health Directorate, Wa, Ghana
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- Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Ghatak S, Dutta M. Utilizing maternal healthcare services: are female-headed households faring poorly? BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2024; 24:299. [PMID: 38649989 PMCID: PMC11034127 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06445-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Utilization of maternal healthcare services has a direct bearing on maternal mortality but is contingent on a wide range of socioeconomic factors, including the sex of the household head. This paper studies the role of the sex of the household head in the utilization of maternal healthcare services in India using data from the National Family Health Survey-V (2019-2021). METHODS The outcome variable of this study is maternal healthcare service utilization. To that end, we consider three types of maternal healthcare services: antenatal care, skilled birth assistance, and postnatal care to measure the utilization of maternal healthcare service utilization. The explanatory variable is the sex of the household head and we control for specific characteristics at the individual level, household-head level, household level and spouse level. We then incorporate a bivariate logistic regression on the variables of interest. RESULTS 24.25% of women from male-headed households have complete utilization of maternal healthcare services while this proportion for women from female-headed households stands at 22.39%. The results from the bivariate logistic regression confirm the significant impact that the sex of the household head has on the utilization of maternal healthcare services in India. It is observed that women from female-headed households in India are 19% (AOR, 0.81; 95% CI: 0.63,1.03) less likely to utilize these services than those from male-headed households. Moreover with higher levels of education, there is a 25% (AOR, 1.25; 95% CI: 1.08,1.44) greater likelihood of utilizing maternal healthcare services. Residence in urban areas, improved wealth quintiles and access to healthcare facilities significantly increases the chances of maternal healthcare utilization. The interaction term between the sex of the household head and the wealth quintile the household belongs to, (AOR, 1.39; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.89) shows that the utilization of maternal healthcare services improves when the wealth quintile of the household improves. CONCLUSION The results throw light on the fact that the added expenditure on maternal healthcare services exacerbates the existing financial burden for the economically vulnerable female-headed households. This necessitates the concentration of research and policy attention to alleviate these households from the sexual and reproductive health distresses. TRIAL REGISTRATION Not Applicable. JEL CLASSIFICATION D10, I12, J16.
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- Subhasree Ghatak
- Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India.
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- Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India
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Kanagasabai U, Thorsen V, Zhu L, Annor FB, Chiang L, McOwen J, Augusto A, Manuel P, Kambona C, Coomer R, Kamagate F, Ramphalla P, Denhard L, Cain M, Hegle J, de Barros RB, Saenz S, Kamami M, Patel P. Adverse childhood experiences, HIV and sexual risk behaviors - Five sub-Saharan countries, 2018-2020. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2024; 150:106541. [PMID: 38114359 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to have negative, lasting effects on health including increasing the likelihood of engaging in sexual risk behaviors. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify associations between exposures to ACEs and sexual risk behaviors and HIV service utilization among young people. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING A sample of 8023 sexually active young people (19-24 year olds) from five sub-Saharan African countries participated Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS). METHODS Descriptive analysis of demographic variables, individual ACEs, cumulative ACEs, sexual risk behaviors, HIV testing, antiretroviral treatment (ART) and Antenatal Care (ANC) attendance were completed. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the associations between both individual and cumulative ACEs, sexual HIV risk behaviors, and service utilization while controlling for important covariates such as demographic, having ever been pregnant, had an STI, and used contraception. RESULTS Exposure to three or more ACEs was higher among males (26.1 %) compared to females (21.3 %); p = 0.003. The most prominent sexual risk behavior for females was having sexual partners who were at least 5 years older (45.7 % compared to males 3.7 %; p < 0.0001) whereas in males it was no or infrequent condom use (45.3 % compared to females 30.1 %; p < 0.0001). Males and females exposed to childhood sexual violence had seven and four times the odds of engaging in transactional sex (aOR = 7.34, 95 % CI: [3.5-15.0]) and (aOR =3.75, 95 % CI: [2.3-6.2], respectively. Females exposed to three or more ACEs were four times more likely to engage in transactional sex (aOR = 4.85, 95 %, CI: [1.6-14.4]) compared to those who did not experience any ACEs. Males exposed to three or more ACEs were two times more likely to engage in early sexual debut (aOR = 2.2, 95 % CI: [1.3-3.4]),]) compared to those who did not experience any ACEs. Females who had witnessed IPV or violence in the community had significantly higher odds of getting tested for HIV (aOR = 2.16, 95 % CI: [1.63-2.87]) and (aOR = 1.36, 95 % CI: [1.03-1.81]), respectively. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that experiencing ACEs during childhood is associated with higher HIV risk behaviors in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with unique differences between males and females.
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
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- Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mozambique
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mozambique
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Namibia
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cote d'Ivoire
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lesotho
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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- Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
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Alamgir F, Hossain MF, Ullah MS, Hossain MS, Hasan M. Socio-economic status and pregnancy complications and their impact on antenatal care services provided at home and Upazila health complex. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27716. [PMID: 38533022 PMCID: PMC10963214 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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The stage of pregnancy is crucial for women of reproductive age and their families. However, in low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh, antenatal and postnatal care are not widely practiced due to various socio-economic factors, such as low education levels, income, age, pregnancy knowledge, and limited healthcare facilities. The objective of this study was to examine the factors associated with antenatal care in two locations in Bangladesh based on the data collected from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-2018. We explored different variables as explanatory variables related to ANC service. The results showed that most of the respondents were from rural areas, with 77.02% receiving antenatal care at home. Women with secondary education were more likely to receive care at home than those without education. The Chi-square test indicated a positive correlation between antenatal care at home with several variables, whereas, in the case of Upazila health complexes, only three variables showed a positive association. Logistic regression analysis further showed some specific variables such as geographical division, religion, iron intake during pregnancy, and reporting pregnancy complications had a significant impact on ANC at home. In contrast, covariates such as residence, division, and wealth index were significant for antenatal care at Upazila health complexes. The division was a significant covariate in both cases. Interestingly, we observed that mothers who had been informed about the signs of pregnancy complications were 92% more likely to receive antenatal care at home than those who had not experienced pregnancy complications. Conversely, the results revealed that mothers who were unaware of pregnancy complications were 32% more likely to receive antenatal care at home than those who had been informed about complications. This suggests that when women are educated about pregnancy complications, they are more likely to receive more antenatal care. However, Bangladesh's situation is quite different due to a lack of proper education and knowledge of antenatal care services.
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- Fariha Alamgir
- Department of Statistics, Comilla University, Cumilla, 3506, Bangladesh
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- Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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Endale F, Negassa B, Teshome T, Shewaye A, Mengesha B, Liben E, Wake SK. Antenatal care service utilization disparities between urban and rural communities in Ethiopia: A negative binomial Poisson regression of 2019 Ethiopian Demography Health Survey. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300257. [PMID: 38483971 PMCID: PMC10939242 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Although there have been consistent improvements in maternal mortality, it remains high in developing countries due to unequal access to healthcare services during pregnancy and childbirth. Thus, this study aimed to further analyze the variations in the number of antenatal care utilizations and associated factors among pregnant women in urban and rural Ethiopia. METHODS A total of 3962 pregnant women were included in the analysis of 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data. A negative binomial Poisson regression statistical model was used to analyze the data using STATA version 14.0. An incident rate ratio with a 95% confidence interval was used to show the significantly associated variables. RESULTS Of the 3962 (weighted 3916.67) pregnant women, about 155 (15.21%) lived in urban and 848 (29.29%) rural residences and did not use antenatal care services in 2019. Women age group 20-24 (IRR = 1.30, 95%CI:1.05-1.61), 25-29 (IRR = 1.56, 95%CI:1.27-1.92), 30-34 (IRR = 1.65, 95%CI:1.33-2.05), and 35-39 years old (IRR = 1.55, 95%CI:1.18-2.03), attending primary, secondary, and higher education (IRR = 1.18, 95%CI:1.07-1.30), (IRR = 1.26, 95%CI:1.13-1.42) and (IRR = 1.25, 95%CI:1.11-1.41) respectively, reside in middle household wealth (IRR = 1.31, 95%CI:1.13-1.52), richer (IRR = 1.45, 95%CI:1.26-1.66) and richest (IRR = 1.68, 95%CI:1.46-1.93) increases the number of antenatal care utilization among urban residences. While attending primary (IRR = 1.34, 95%CI:1.24-1.45), secondary (IRR = 1.54, 95%CI:1.34-1.76) and higher education (IRR = 1.58, 95%CI:1.28-1.95), following Protestant (IRR = 0.76, 95%CI:0.69-0.83), Muslim (IRR = 0.79, 95%CI:0.73-0.85) and Others (IRR = 0.56, 95%CI:0.43-0.71) religions, reside in poorer, middle, richer, and richest household wealth (IRR = 1.51, 95%CI:1.37-1.67), (IRR = 1.66, 95%CI:1.50-1.83), (IRR = 1.71, 95%CI:1.55-1.91) and (IRR = 1.89, 95%CI:1.72-2.09) respectively, being married and widowed/separated (IRR = 1.85, 95%CI:1.19-2.86), and (IRR = 1.95, 95%CI:1.24-3.07) respectively were significantly associated with the number of antenatal care utilization among rural residences. CONCLUSION The utilization of antenatal care is low among rural residents than among urban residents. To increase the frequency of antenatal care utilization, health extension workers and supporting actors should give special attention to pregnant women with low socioeconomic and educational levels through a safety-net lens.
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- Fitsum Endale
- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hossana, Ethiopia
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- Department of Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- College of Natural and Computational Science, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia
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Twimukye A, Alhassan Y, Ringwald B, Malaba T, Myer L, Waitt C, Lamorde M, Reynolds H, Khoo S, Taegtmeyer M. Support, not blame: safe partner disclosure among women diagnosed with HIV late in pregnancy in South Africa and Uganda. AIDS Res Ther 2024; 21:14. [PMID: 38481233 PMCID: PMC10938717 DOI: 10.1186/s12981-024-00600-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV partner disclosure rates remain low among pregnant women living with HIV in many African countries despite potential benefits for women and their families. Partner disclosure can trigger negative responses like blame, violence, and separation. Women diagnosed with HIV late in pregnancy have limited time to prepare for partner disclosure. We sought to understand challenges around partner disclosure and non-disclosure faced by women diagnosed with HIV late in pregnancy in South Africa and Uganda and to explore pathways to safe partner disclosure. METHODS We conducted in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with pregnant women and lactating mothers living with HIV (n = 109), disaggregated by antenatal care (ANC) initiation before and after 20 weeks of gestation, male partners (n = 87), and health workers (n = 53). All participants were recruited from DolPHIN2 trial sites in Kampala (Uganda) and Gugulethu (South Africa). Topic guides explored barriers to partner disclosure, effects of non-disclosure, strategies for safe disclosure. Using the framework analysis approach, we coded and summarised data based on a socio-ecological model, topic guides, and emerging issues from the data. Data was analysed in NVivo software. RESULTS Our findings illustrate pregnant women who initiate ANC late experience many difficulties which are compounded by the late HIV diagnosis. Various individual, interpersonal, community, and health system factors complicate partner disclosure among these women. They postpone or decide against partner disclosure mainly for own and baby's safety. Women experience stress and poor mental health because of non-disclosure while demonstrating agency and resilience. We found many similarities and some differences around preferred approaches to safe partner disclosure among female and male participants across countries. Women and male partners preferred healthcare workers to assist with disclosure by identifying the 'right' time to disclose, mentoring women to enhance their confidence and communication skills, and providing professional mediation for partner disclosure and couple testing. Increasing the number of counsellors and training them on safe partner disclosure was deemed necessary for strengthening local health services to improve safe partner disclosure. CONCLUSION HIV diagnosis late in pregnancy amplifies existing difficulties among pregnant women. Late ANC initiation is an indicator for the likelihood that a pregnant woman is highly vulnerable and needs safeguarding. Respective health programmes should be prepared to offer women initiating ANC late in pregnancy additional support and referral to complementary programmes to achieve safe partner disclosure and good health.
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- Adelline Twimukye
- Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Tropical Infectious Disease Unit, Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
- Tropical Infectious Disease Unit, Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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Aboagye RG, Okyere J, Seidu AA, Ahinkorah BO, Budu E, Yaya S. Does women's empowerment and socio-economic status predict adequacy of antenatal care in sub-Saharan Africa? Int Health 2024; 16:165-173. [PMID: 36916325 PMCID: PMC10911537 DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihad016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Quality and adequate antenatal care (ANC) are key strategies necessary to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.1. However, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), there is a paucity of evidence on the role women's empowerment and socio-economic status play in ANC attendance. This study aimed to examine whether women's empowerment and socio-economic status predict the adequacy of ANC in SSA. METHODS Data from the recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) of 10 countries in SSA were used for the study. We included countries with a survey dataset compiled between 2018 and 2020. We included 57 265 women with complete observations on variables of interest in the study. Frequencies and percentages were used to summarize the results of the coverage of adequate ANC services across the 10 countries. A multivariable binary multilevel regression analysis was employed to examine the association between women's empowerment and socio-economic status indicators and the adequacy of ANC. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to present the findings of the regression analysis. RESULTS The average prevalence of adequate ANC in SSA was 10.4%. This ranged from 0.2% in Rwanda to 24.5% in Liberia. Women with medium (aOR 1.24 [CI 1.10 to 1.40]) and high (aOR 1.24 [CI 1.07 to 1.43]) decision-making power had higher odds of adequate ANC compared to those with low decision-making power. Women with higher levels of education (aOR 1.63 [CI 1.36 to 1.95]) as well as partners with higher education levels (aOR 1.34 [CI 1.14 to 1.56]) had the highest odds of adequate ANC compared to those with no formal education. Additionally, those working (aOR 1.35 [95% CI 1.23 to 1.49]) and those in the richest wealth category (aOR 2.29 [CI 1.90 to 2.76]) had higher odds of adequate ANC compared to those who are not working and those in the poorest wealth category. Those with high justification of violence against women (aOR 0.84 [CI 0.73 to 0.97]) had lower odds of adequate ANC compared to those with low justification of violence against women. CONCLUSIONS Adequacy of ANC was low across all 10 countries we included in this study. It is evident from the study that women's empowerment and socio-economic status significantly predicted the adequacy of ANC. As such, promoting women's empowerment programs without intensive improvements in women's socio-economic status would yield ineffective results. However, when women's empowerment programs are combined with active improvements in socio-economic status, then women will be encouraged to seek adequate ANC.
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- Richard Gyan Aboagye
- Department of Family and Community Health, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana
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- Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Faculty of Built and Natural Environment, Department of Estate Management, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana
- College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Research Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 77, Accra, Ghana
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- University of Parakou, Faculty of Medicine, Parakou, Benin
- School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Ochieng W, Munsey A, Kinyina A, Assenga M, Onikpo F, Binazon A, Adeyemi M, Alao M, Aron S, Nhiga S, Niemczura J, Buekens J, Kitojo C, Reaves E, Husseini AS, Drake M, Wolf K, Suhowatsky S, Hounto A, Lemwayi R, Gutman J. Antenatal care services in Benin and Tanzania 2021/2022: an equity analysis study. BMJ PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 2:10.1136/bmjph-2023-000547. [PMID: 38884065 PMCID: PMC11177242 DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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Introduction Antenatal care (ANC) interventions improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, access to ANC may be inequitable due to sociocultural, monetary and time factors. Examining drivers of ANC disparities may identify those amenable to policy change. Methods We conducted an ANC services equity analysis in selected public facilities in Geita, Tanzania, where most services are free to the end-user, and Atlantique, Benin, where every visit incurs user fees. Data on total ANC contacts, quality of care (QoC) indicators and wait times were collected from representative household surveys in the catchment of 40 clinics per country and were analysed by education and wealth. We used indices of inequality, concentration indices and Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions to determine the distribution, direction and magnitude of inequalities and their contributing factors. We assessed out-of-pocket expenses and the benefit incidence of government funding. Results ANC clients in both countries received less than the recommended minimum ANC contacts: 3.41 (95% CI 3.36 to 3.41) in Atlantique and 3.33 (95% CI 3.27 to 3.39) in Geita. Wealthier individuals had more ANC contacts than poorer ones at every education level in both countries; the wealthiest and most educated had two visits more than the poorest, least educated. In Atlantique, ANC attendees receive similar QoC regardless of socioeconomic status. In Geita, there are wide disparities in QoC received by education or wealth. In Atlantique, out-of-pocket expenses for the lowest wealth quintile are 2.7% of annual income compared with 0.8% for the highest, with user fees being the primary expense. In Geita, the values are 3.1% and 0.5%, respectively; transportation is the main expense. Conclusions Inequalities in total ANC visits favouring wealthier, more educated individuals were apparent in both countries. In Atlantique, reduction of user-fees could improve ANC access. In Geita, training and equipping healthcare staff could improve QoC. Community health services could mitigate access barriers.
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- Walter Ochieng
- Office of the Director, Global Health Center, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Medical Care Development Global Health, Cotonou, Benin
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Medical Care Development Global Health, Cotonou, Benin
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Medical Care Development Global Health, Cotonou, Benin
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Medical Care Development Global Health, Cotonou, Benin
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- Union Government of Tanzania Ministry of Health Community Development Gender Elderly Children, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Union Government of Tanzania Ministry of Health Community Development Gender Elderly Children, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Medical Care Development Global Health, Baltimore, Washington, USA
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Medical Care Development Global Health, Baltimore, Washington, USA
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- U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, U.S. Agency for International Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- U.S, President’s Malaria Initiative, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cotonou, Benin
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- Jhpiego Corporation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Jhpiego Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- U.S. Presidents’ Malaria Initiative Impact Malaria project, Jhpiego Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Unité de Parasitologie/Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
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- Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Awoke N, Ababulgu SA, Hanfore LK, Gebeyehu EG, Wake SK. Regional disparities in antenatal care utilization among pregnant women and its determinants in Ethiopia. Front Glob Womens Health 2024; 5:1230975. [PMID: 38404954 PMCID: PMC10884275 DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2024.1230975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Background Antenatal care primarily focuses on health care checkups, the provision of advice on healthy behaviors, and the delivery of psychological, social, and emotional support for women with pregnancy. The national target set by the Ethiopian government is to achieve 95% of at least four ANC visits. Nevertheless, 43.11% of women had four or more checkups, according to the 2019 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. Despite this achievement, antenatal care visits differ significantly between Ethiopian regions. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to assess regional disparities in pregnant women's utilization of antenatal care and its determinants in Ethiopia. Methods We have used 2019 intermediate Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data for analysis. The analysis comprised a total of 3,917 weighted women age 15-49 who had a live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey. Poisson regression analysis was done using SAS software version 9.4. To show the strength and direction of the association, an incidence rate ratio with a 95% confidence interval was used. Variables with a p-value <0.05 were declared as significant factors associated with the number of ANC visits. Results In Ethiopia, the number of ANC visits differs between regions. With a mean of 4.74 (95% CI: 4.49, 4.99), Addis Ababa reported the highest percentage of ANC visits (82.7%), while the Somali Region reported the lowest percentage (11.3%) with a mean of 0.73 (95% CI: 0.57, 0.88). Maternal age, educational level, religion, household wealth index, place of delivery, and household size show significant associations with the number of antenatal care visits. Conclusions In Ethiopia, there is the highest regional disparity in the number of ANC visits. The number of ANC visits was influenced by the mother's age, education, religion, household wealth index, place of delivery, and household size. Regarding the ANC visits, there should be initiatives that address the demands of pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities to increase ANC utilization. As with many other health outcomes, education and low socio-economic status were associated with low ANC visit but these are tied to the overall social development of a country and are not immediately amenable to public health interventions.
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- Nefsu Awoke
- School of Nursing, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia
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- School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wachemo University, Hossana, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia
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- Department of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Science, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia
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Ferreira LZ, Wehrmeister FC, Dirksen J, Vidaletti LP, Pinilla-Roncancio M, Kirkby K, Ricardo LIC, Barros AJD, Hosseinpoor AR. A composite index; socioeconomic deprivation and coverage of reproductive and maternal health interventions. Bull World Health Organ 2024; 102:105-116. [PMID: 38313151 PMCID: PMC10835641 DOI: 10.2471/blt.23.290866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Objective To examine inequalities in the coverage of reproductive and maternal health interventions in low- and middle-income countries and territories using a composite index of socioeconomic deprivation status. Methods We obtained data on education and living standards from national household surveys conducted between 2015 and 2019 to calculate socioeconomic deprivation status. We assessed the coverage of reproductive and maternal health interventions, using three indicators: (i) demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods; (ii) women who received antenatal care in at least four visits; and (iii) the presence of a skilled attendant at delivery. Absolute and relative inequalities were evaluated both directly and using the slope index of inequality and the concentration index. Findings In the 73 countries and territories with available data, the median proportions of deprivation were 41% in the low-income category, 11% in the lower-middle-income category and less than 1% in the upper-middle-income category. The coverage analysis, conducted for 48 countries with sufficient data, showed consistently lower median coverage among deprived households across all health indicators. The coverage of skilled attendant at delivery showed the largest inequalities, where coverage among the socioeconomically deprived was substantially lower in almost all countries. Antenatal care visits and demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods also showed significant disparities, favouring the less deprived population. Conclusion The findings highlight persistent disparities in the coverage of reproductive and maternal health interventions, requiring efforts to reduce those disparities and improve coverage, particularly for skilled attendant at delivery.
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- Leonardo Z Ferreira
- International Center for Equity in Health, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, R. Marechal Deodoro 1160, Centro, Pelotas, Brazil
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- International Center for Equity in Health, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, R. Marechal Deodoro 1160, Centro, Pelotas, Brazil
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- Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
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- Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
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- Centre of Sustainable Development Goals for Latin America and the Caribbean and School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Data and Analytics, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- International Center for Equity in Health, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, R. Marechal Deodoro 1160, Centro, Pelotas, Brazil
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- International Center for Equity in Health, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, R. Marechal Deodoro 1160, Centro, Pelotas, Brazil
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Habte A, Tamene A, Melis T. Compliance towards WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience: Timeliness and adequacy of antenatal care visit in Sub-Saharan African countries: Evidence from the most recent standard Demographic Health Survey data. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0294981. [PMID: 38271342 PMCID: PMC10810464 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Timely and adequate antenatal care (ANC) visits are known to reduce maternal mortality by 20%. Despite the World Health Organization updating its recommendations from four to eight antenatal care contacts, data reporting in the SSA region focused primarily on four visits, and evidence on the timing and adequacy of ANC based on the current recommendation was limited. Hence, this study aimed at assessing the level of timely and adequate ANC visits and their determinants in the 18 Sub-Saharan African countries with the most recent DHS report (2016-2021). METHODS The data for this study were pooled from the most recent standardized Demographic and Health Survey data of sub-Saharan African countries from 2016-2021. A total of 171,183 (with a weighted frequency of 171,488) women were included and analyzed by using STATA version 16. To account for data clustering, a multivariable multilevel mixed-effect logistic regression analysis was run to determine the effects of each predictor on the receipt of timely and adequate ANC. Adjusted odds ratio with its corresponding 95% confidence interval was used to declare the statistical significance of the independent variables. RESULTS The receipt of timely and adequate antenatal care visits was 41.2% (95% CI: 40.9, 41.4) and 10.4% (95% CI: 9.9, 10.2), respectively. Wontedness of pregnancy [AOR = 1.18; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.24], being 1st birth order [AOR = 1.48; 95% CI: 1.41, 2.54], having a mobile phone [AOR = 1.49; 95% CI: 1.26, 2.32], and enrolled in Health insurance schemes [AOR = 2.03; 95% CI: 1.95, 2.42] were significantly associated with early initiation of ANC. Living in a lower community poverty level[AOR = 2.23; 95% CI: 1.90,2.66], being in the richest wealth quintile [AOR = 1.49; 95% CI: 1.36, 1.62], higher educational level [AOR = 3.63; 95% CI: 3.33, 3.96], the timing of ANC visit [AOR = 4.26; 95% CI: 4.08, 4.44], being autonomous in decision making [AOR = 2.29; 95% CI: 1.83, 2.54] and having a mobile phone [AOR = 1.89; 95% CI: 1.76, 2.52] were identified as significant predictors of adequate ANC uptake. CONCLUSION The findings revealed a low coverage of timely and adequate ANC visits in SSA countries. Governments and healthcare managers in sub-Saharan African countries should leverage their efforts to prioritize and implement activities and interventions that increase women's autonomy, and economic capability, to improve their health-seeking behavior during pregnancy. More commitment is needed from governments to increase mobile phone distribution across countries, and then work on integrating mHealth into their health system. Finally, efforts should be made to increase the coverage of health insurance schemes enrolment for the citizens.
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- Aklilu Habte
- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia
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Yunitawati D, Latifah L, Suryaputri IY, Laksono AD. A Higher Maternal Education Level Could Be a Critical Factor in the Exceeded Cesarean Section Delivery in Indonesia. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2024; 53:219-227. [PMID: 38694861 PMCID: PMC11058373 DOI: 10.18502/ijph.v53i1.14698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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Background Cesarean section (CS) could be life-saving with medically indicated, but without it, both women and children could be at risk. The maximum rate for CS is 15%, but it tends to exceed globally. Objective We aimed to analyze the education level's role in the delivery of CS in Indonesia. Methods We used the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey data. The study sampled 15,357 women who delivered in five last years. Besides delivery mode and education level, the study also used nine control variables: residence, age, marital, employment, parity, wealth, insurance, antenatal care, and birth type. The study employed a binary logistics regression. Results The results show women with secondary education (16.5% CS) are 2.174 times (AOR 2.174; 95% CI 1.095-4.316), and higher education (33% CS) are 3.241 (AOR 3.241; 95% CI 1.624-6.469) times more likely to deliver by CS than no-school education (4.4% CS). There was no significant difference between primary (9.1%) and no-education women. Apart from education, primiparous women, age 34-34 yr, attending antenatal care ≥4 times, non-poorest, having insurance, living in the city, and being unemployed also related to higher risk of CS. Conclusion Exceeded CS in Indonesia occurs mostly in higher education women. Higher education women were more likely to access more information and technology, therefore health promotion on healthy normal birth on social media or m-Health (mobile device-based health promotion) and involving health authorities at every level were suitable to reduce the overuse of the CS.
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- Diah Yunitawati
- Public Health and Nutrition Research Center, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Public Health and Nutrition Research Center, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Public Health and Nutrition Research Center, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Public Health and Nutrition Research Center, National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Ashemo MY, Shiferaw D, Biru B, Feyisa BR. Prevalence and determinants of adequate postnatal care in Ethiopia: evidence from 2019 Ethiopia mini demographic and health survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023; 23:834. [PMID: 38049724 PMCID: PMC10694903 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-06147-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The postpartum period is critical for both the mother's and newborn child's health and survival. Rising morbidity and mortality are usually the consequence of absence of adequate, suitable, or timely care during that time period. There is lack of information on the adequacy of postnatal care in Ethiopia and this study was aimed to investigate adequacy of postnatal care and its determinants in the study area. METHODS In this study, we used a cross-sectional dataset from the 2019 Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey. A multistage stratified clustered design applied and survey weights were used to take into account the complicated sample design. A multilevel mixed effects logistic regression was fitted on 3772 women who were nested within 305 clusters. The fixed effect models were fitted and expressed as adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals, while intra-class correlation coefficients, median odds ratio, and proportional change in variance explained measures of variation. As model fitness criteria, the deviance information criterion and the Akaike information criterion were used. RESULTS This study found that only 563(16.14%, 95% CI: 16.05-16.24) women had adequate post natal care. Age of between 25-35 years old (AOR = 1.55, 95%CI = 1.04-2.31), secondary level of education (AOR = 2.23, 95%CI = 1.43-3.45), Having parity of between two and four had (AOR = 0.62, 95%CI = 0.42 0.93), having ANC follow up four and above (AOR = 1.74, 95%CI = 1.31-2.33), being residents of Oromia region (AOR = 0.10, 95CI = 0.02- 0.43) were strong predictors of adequate postnatal care. CONCLUSION The study found that prevalence of adequate PNC in Ethiopia was significantly low. To increase postnatal care adequacy, it was recommended to reinforce existing policies and strategies such as increasing number of antenatal care follow up, and scheduling mothers based on the national postnatal care follow-up protocol.
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- Mubarek Yesse Ashemo
- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
- Department of Public Health, College of Medical and Health Science, Werabe University, Werabe, Ethiopia.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Department of Public Health, College of Medical and Health Science, Dambi Dollo University, Dambi Dollo, Ethiopia
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- Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Department of Public Health, Institute of Health, Wallaga University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
- Department of Public Health, Institute of Health, Wallaga University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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Feyisa GC, Dagne A, Woyessa D, Ephrem T, Ahmed A, G/Senbet H, Chane G, Wake SK. Mean difference in timing of first antenatal checks across regions and associated factors among pregnant women attending health facilities in Ethiopia: evidence from Ethiopian demographic health survey, 2019. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2393. [PMID: 38041108 PMCID: PMC10693148 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17356-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Early initiation of antenatal care visits is an essential component of services to improve maternal health. Conducting a detailed study about the mean difference in timing at first antenatal checks across regions and factors associated with timing at first antenatal checks among women attending antenatal in Ethiopia is essential to ensure maternal and newborn health. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the mean difference in timing at first antenatal visits and associated factors among pregnant women attending different health facilities across regions in Ethiopia. METHOD The Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in 2019. In this study, data about the timing of the first antenatal check-ups were requested from the Demographic Health Survey in February 2023, and the required variables were downloaded in SAS and SPSS formats from the data set. A total of 2935 women from nine regional states and two city administrations with an age range of 15 to 49 years were included in the study. The mean difference in timing at first antenatal check-ups, its correlation and various factors were estimated using multiple linear regressions to identify factors. RESULT The majority of the 2034 (69.3%) of pregnant women who participated in the study were rural residents. The mean (± SD) age of the pregnant women was 29 (± 6.5) years. Approximately 32.5% of pregnant women visited their first antenatal check after 4 months of pregnancy. The results showed that counselling by health workers during a previous pregnancy (p < 0.01) significantly predicts timing at first antenatal checks in months holding previous delivery, previous antenatal care at both government and private facilities, ever attended school, and highest educational level. Timing at the first antenatal check-in months is expected to decrease by 0.99 months for every counselling session at each pregnancy. The results of the analysis suggested that the regression model significantly predicted timing at the first antenatal check (p = 0.001). CONCLUSION The mean difference in timing at the first antenatal check in months among Ethiopian pregnant women relatively significantly varies in two regions. Previous pregnancy counselling by health workers positively influences the timing of first antenatal check-ups for subsequent antenatal check follow-ups in Ethiopia.
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- Gemechu Chemeda Feyisa
- Department of Field Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
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- College of Natural Sciences, Mattu University, Mattu, Ethiopia
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- Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Jimma University, P. O. Box 378, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- College of Health Sciences, Samara University, Samara, Afar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia
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Handebo S, Demie TG, Gessese GT, Woldeamanuel BT, Biratu TD. Effect of women's literacy status on maternal healthcare services utilisation in Ethiopia: a stratified analysis of the 2019 mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e076869. [PMID: 38011976 PMCID: PMC10685944 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa with 533 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births, accounting for 68% of all maternal deaths worldwide. Most maternal deaths could be prevented by adequate maternal health service use. The study examined the effect of literacy status on maternal health services utilisation among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTINGS Ethiopia. PARTICIPANTS A weighted sample of 3839 reproductive-age women who gave birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey and whose literacy status was measured were included in this study. The survey used a two-stage stratified cluster sampling technique. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES This study used a dataset from the recent Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Surveys. We assessed the maternal health service utilisation among reproductive-age women. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed to assess the association between literacy status and maternal healthcare utilisation while controlling for other factors. Adjusted OR with a 95% CI was reported. RESULTS About 63.8% of reproductive-age women were illiterate. The prevalence of antenatal care (ANC) 1, ANC 4, skilled birth attendance and postnatal care (PNC) services utilisation was 74.9%, 43.5%, 51.9% and 32.0%, respectively. Literate women had significantly higher ANC 1, ANC 4, skilled birth attendance, and PNC services utilisation than illiterate women (p<0.001). Regional variation, wealth status, age at first birth, birth order and birth intervals were significantly associated with maternal healthcare utilisation among both literate and illiterate women. Similarly, ANC booking timing and utilisation, age of household head and religious affiliation were associated with institutional delivery and PNC utilisation. CONCLUSION Literate women had a significantly higher maternal healthcare services utilisation than illiterate, modified by sociodemographic and obstetric-related factors. Hence, wholehearted efforts should be directed towards educating and empowering women.
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- Simegnew Handebo
- School of Public Health, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Anguzu R, Walker RJ, Babikako HM, Beyer KMM, Dickson-Gomez J, Zhou Y, Cassidy LD. Intimate partner violence and antenatal care utilization predictors in Uganda: an analysis applying Andersen's behavioral model of healthcare utilization. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2276. [PMID: 37978467 PMCID: PMC10656909 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16827-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Optimal utilization of antenatal care (ANC) services improves positive pregnancy experiences and birth outcomes. However, paucity of evidence exists on which factors should be targeted to increase ANC utilization among women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in Uganda. OBJECTIVE To determine the independent association between IPV exposure and ANC utilization as well as the predictors of ANC utilization informed by Andersen's Behavioral Model of Healthcare Utilization. METHODS We analyzed 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey data that included a sample of 1,768 women with children aged 12 to 18 months and responded to both ANC utilization and IPV items. Our outcome was ANC utilization, a count variable assessed as the number of ANC visits in the last 12 months preceding the survey. The key independent variable was exposure to any IPV form defined as self-report of having experienced physical, sexual and/or emotional IPV. Covariates were grouped into predisposing (age, formal education, religion, problem paying treatment costs), enabling (women's autonomy, mass media exposure), need (unintended pregnancy, parity, history of pregnancy termination), and healthcare system/environmental factors (rural/urban residence, spatial accessibility to health facility). Poisson regression models tested the independent association between IPV and ANC utilization, and the predictors of ANC utilization after controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS Mean number of ANC visits (ANC utilization) was 3.71 visits with standard deviation (SD) of ± 1.5 respectively. Overall, 60.8% of our sample reported experiencing any form of IPV. Any IPV exposure was associated with lower number of ANC visits (3.64, SD ± 1.41) when compared to women without IPV exposure (3.82, SD ± 1.64) at p = 0.013. In the adjusted models, any IPV exposure was negatively associated with ANC utilization when compared to women with no IPV exposure after controlling for enabling factors (Coef. -0.03; 95%CI -0.06,-0.01), and healthcare system/environmental factors (Coef. -0.06; 95%CI -0.11,-0.04). Predictors of ANC utilization were higher education (Coef. 0.27; 95%CI 0.15,0.39) compared with no education, high autonomy (Coef. 0.12; 95%CI 0.02,0.23) compared to low autonomy, and partial media exposure (Coef. 0.06; 95%CI 0.01,0.12) compared to low media exposure. CONCLUSION Addressing enabling and healthcare system/environmental factors may increase ANC utilization among Ugandan women experiencing IPV. Prevention and response interventions for IPV should include strategies to increase girls' higher education completion rates, improve women's financial autonomy, and mass media exposure to improve ANC utilization in similar populations in Uganda.
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- Ronald Anguzu
- Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US.
- Center for Advancing Population Sciences (CAPS), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US.
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- Center for Advancing Population Sciences (CAPS), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US
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- Department of Child Health and Development Center, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US
- Center for Advancing Population Sciences (CAPS), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US
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- Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US
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- Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US
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- Division of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US
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Moreno-Ávila IDM, Martínez-Linares JM, Mimun-Navarro K, Pozo-Muñoz C. Muslim and Christian Women's Perceptions of the Influence of Spirituality and Religious Beliefs on Motherhood and Child-Rearing: A Phenomenological Study. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:2932. [PMID: 37998424 PMCID: PMC10671127 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11222932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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(1) Background: Spirituality is a factor that plays a role in decisions related to health and illness. When a woman becomes a mother, she undergoes physical, psychological, and social changes for which healthcare professionals must provide the necessary care. However, women may feel misunderstood and stigmatized when they carry out their religious practices and express their spirituality related to motherhood. The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of women with Muslim and Christian religious ideologies on the influence of spirituality and religious beliefs in motherhood and child-rearing. (2) Methods: A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study with two groups of women of Islamic and Christian ideology, respectively. Three focus groups and in-depth interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed, and analyzed with ATLAS.ti 7.0. An inductive analysis was carried out according to the Moustakas model. (3) Results: Three themes were identified: religious and cultural aspects that determine child-rearing, the influence of spirituality and family on the mother's role, and the support received from healthcare personnel. (4) Conclusions: Spirituality and religious beliefs are manifested during motherhood and child-rearing in the form of infant feeding, the need for their protection, or the need for support from mothers. Healthcare personnel must be able to offer culturally competent and spiritually respectful care. Patients should not be judged based on their spirituality.
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- Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas, 04009 Almería, Spain;
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- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain;
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Nurhayati E, Hapsari ED, Rosyidah R, Helmyati S. Educational models of infant and young child feeding among prenatal and postnatal women during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2020-January 2023): A scoping review. Nutrition 2023; 115:112150. [PMID: 37541144 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2023.112150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Infant and young children feeding (IYCF) practices, particularly for infants and young children <2 y old, became increasingly challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several studies have discussed various educational models in the pre-pandemic period, most of which were conducted in person. The last reviews on IYCF interventions were conducted in 2020 and were relevant to pre-pandemic contexts. Thus, there is a need to review IYCF interventions to inform educational models adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to describe the IYCF educational models proposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this relevant literature, we searched PubMed, SCOPUS, EBSCO, ProQuest, Sage Journals, and Wiley Online Library. Thirty-five literature sources were screened, and 7 data sources were included for data extraction and analysis. Many studies on the IYCF educational models focused on exclusive breastfeeding and early initiation of breastfeeding; there was only one study on complementary feeding, and no research was found on continued breastfeeding. Four studies found no significant differences in the intervention given. Three studies had a significant effect, one had in-person meetings, and two consisted of WhatsApp discussions. Most IYCF educational models from the pandemic context comprised online education, whereas WhatsApp was the most popular media used. Future researchers may develop these findings to design research on a larger scale and for a longer period, especially on complementary feeding and continued breastfeeding based on IYCF indicators.
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- Eka Nurhayati
- Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Alma Ata, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Center for Health and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Center for Health and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Department of Pediatric and Maternity Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Center for Health and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Department of Midwifery, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Center for Health and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Department of Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Li Y, Li H, Jiang Y. Factors influencing maternal healthcare utilization in Papua New Guinea: Andersen's behaviour model. BMC Womens Health 2023; 23:544. [PMID: 37865780 PMCID: PMC10590515 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02709-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Papua New Guinea (PNG) has recorded the highest maternal mortality ratio in the Western Pacific Region and faces major challenges in achieving SDG 3. Antenatal care (ANC), skilled birth attendant (SBA) and postnatal care (PNC) services are critical components of maternal healthcare services (MHS) for reducing maternal mortality and promoting maternal health in PNG. The study sought to assess the prevalence and determinants of ANC, SBA and PNC services amongst women in PNG. METHODS The study was conducted using the 2016-2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey. A total of 5248 reproductive-age women were considered as the analytical sample. The outcome variables were utilisation of ANC, SBA and PNC services. Chi-square test, multivariable logistic regression and dominance analysis were conducted. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. RESULTS The prevalence rates of ANC, SBA and PNC services were 52.3%, 58.7% and 26.6%, respectively. Women's employment, education, media exposure, distance to health facility, household wealth, region, residence and parity were determinants of MHS utilisation. ANC, SBA and PNC services utilisation were all primarily influenced by enabling factors, followed by predisposing and need factors. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that enabling factors such as media exposure, distance to health facility, household wealth, region and residence have the greatest impact on MHS utilisation, followed by predisposing (working, education) and need factors (parity). Therefore, enabling factors should be prioritised when developing maternal health programmes and policies. For example, transport and health infrastructure should be strengthened and women's education and vocational training should be increased, especially in Highlands region, Momase region and rural areas, to increase the utilisation of MHS.
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- Yan Li
- School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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Merga BT, Raru TB, Deressa A, Regassa LD, Gamachu M, Negash B, Birhanu A, Turi E, Ayana GM. The effect of health insurance coverage on antenatal care utilizations in Ethiopia: evidence from national survey. FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES 2023; 3:1101164. [PMID: 37869683 PMCID: PMC10587574 DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2023.1101164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Background About three-fourths of maternal near-miss events and two-fifths of the risk of neonatal mortality can be reduced by having at least one antenatal visit. Several studies have identified potential factors related to maternal health seeking behavior. However, the association between health insurance membership and antenatal care utilization was not well investigated in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed at assessing the effect of health insurance coverage on antenatal care use in Ethiopia. Methods The study utilized data from the 2019 Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey (EMDHS). The analysis included a weighted sample of 3,919 women who gave birth in the last five years. A logistic regression model was employed to assess the association between antenatal care use and health insurance coverage and other covariates. The results were presented as adjusted odds ratios (AOR) at a 95% confidence interval (CI). Statistical significance was declared at a p-value <0.05 in all analyses. Results Antenatal care was used by 43% (95% CI: 41.46 to 44.56%) of Ethiopian women. Those with health insurance coverage had higher odds of antenatal care use than those without health insurance coverage. Women were 33% more likely to use antenatal care (ANC) if they were covered by health insurance. Age, Media access, marital status, education status, wealth index, and economic regions were also factors associated with antenatal care utilizations. Conclusions According to our findings, less than half of Ethiopian women had four or more antenatal care visits. Health insurance membership, respondent age, media access, marital status, education status, wealth index, and economic region were factors associated with antenatal care utilization. Improving health insurance, women's economic empowerment, and education coverage are critical determinants of antenatal care utilization.
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- Bedasa Taye Merga
- School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- School of Medicine, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
- Department of Public Health, Rift Valley University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- School of Medicine, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia
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Towongo MF, Ngome E, Navaneetham K, Letamo G. A secondary analysis of the factors associated with women´s adequate utilization of antenatal care services during their last pregnancy in Uganda. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023; 23:692. [PMID: 37749492 PMCID: PMC10521507 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05994-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Adequate antenatal care services (ANC) use is critical to identifying and reducing pregnancy risks. Despite the importance placed on adequate antenatal care service utilization, women in Uganda continue to underutilize antenatal care services. The primary goal of this study is to identify the factors associated with women's adequate utilization of antenatal care services in Uganda. METHODS Secondary data from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey were used in this study. The study sample consists of 9,416 women aged 15 to 49 who reported giving birth in the five years preceding the survey. The adequate use of antenatal care services is the dependent variable. A woman who used antenatal care services at least four times is considered to have adequately used antenatal care services. We used univariate, bivariate, and multilevel logistic regression modelling to identify the factors associated with adequate utilization of antenatal care services. STATA version 14.2 was used to analyze the data. RESULTS The prevalence of adequate utilization of antenatal care services in Uganda was found to be 61.4%. Women with secondary or higher education were 32.0% (AOR = 1.32, 95% CI;1.07-1.63), employed women were 26.0% (AOR = 1.26, 95% CI;1.10-1.44), women who received high-quality antenatal care content were 78.0% (AOR = 1.78, 95% CI;1.58-2.02), and women who belong to the rich category of the wealth index bracket were 27.0% (AOR = 1.27, 95% CI;1.09-1.49), more likely to use antenatal care services adequately. Finally, the study discovered that women from less diverse ethnic communities were 15.0% (AOR, 0.85, 95%CI; 0.73-0.99) less likely to use antenatal care services adequately. CONCLUSION Women's adequate utilization of antenatal care was influenced by both community and individual-level characteristics. Policymakers must use a multi-sectoral approach to develop policies that address both individual and community-level characteristics.
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- Moses Festo Towongo
- Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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- Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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- Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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- Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
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Beyuo TK, Lawrence ER, Oppong SA, Kobernik EK, Amoakoh-Coleman M, Grobbee DE, Browne JL, Bloemenkamp KWM. Impact of antenatal care on severe maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and eclampsia in Ghana. Pregnancy Hypertens 2023; 33:46-51. [PMID: 37586135 DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2023.07.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To explore how specific measures of antenatal care utilization are associated with outcomes in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and eclampsia in Ghana. STUDY DESIGN Participants were adult pregnant women with preeclampsia or eclampsia at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Antenatal care utilization measures included timing of first visit, total visits, facility and provider type, and referral status. Antenatal visits were characterized by former and current World Health Organization recommendations, and by gestational age-based adequacy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Composites of maternal complications and poor neonatal outcomes. Multivariate logistic regressions identified associations with antenatal care factors. RESULTS Among 1176 participants, median number of antenatal visits was 5.0 (IQR 3.0-7.0), with 72.9% attending ≥4 visits, 19.4% attending ≥8 visits, and 54.9% attending adequate visits adjusted for gestational age. Care was most frequently provided in a government polyclinic (n = 522, 47.2%) and by a midwife (n = 704, 65.1%). Odds of the composite maternal complications were lower in women receiving antenatal care at a tertiary hospital (aOR 0.47, p = 0.01). Odds of poor neonatal outcomes were lower in women receiving antenatal care at a tertiary hospital (aOR 0.56, p < 0.001), by a specialist Obstetrician/Gynecologist (aOR 0.58, p < 0.001), and who attended ≥8 visits (aOR 0.67, p = 0.04). Referred women had twice the odds of a maternal complication (aOR 2.12, p = 0.007) and poor neonatal outcome (aOR 1.68, p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS Fewer complications are seen after receiving antenatal care at tertiary facilities. Attending ≥8 visits reduced poor neonatal outcomes, but didn't impact maternal complications. Quality, not just quantity, of antenatal care is essential.
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- Titus K Beyuo
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ghana Medical School, P.O. Box 4236, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ghana Medical School, P.O. Box 4236, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 1111 East Catherine Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Ghana
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- Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Science and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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- Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Science and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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- Wilhelmina's Children Hospital, UMC Utrecht, Department of Obstetrics, Division Woman and Baby, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Aragaw FM, Alem AZ, Asratie MH, Chilot D, Belay DG. Spatial distribution of delayed initiation of antenatal care visits and associated factors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of 2019 mini-demographic and health survey. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e069095. [PMID: 37620267 PMCID: PMC10450135 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the spatial distribution, wealth-related inequality and determinants for delayed initiation of antenatal care (ANC) visits among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. DESIGN Cross-sectional study design. SETTING Ethiopia. PARTICIPANTS A total of 2924 reproductive-age women who had given birth in the 5 years preceding the survey. OUTCOME MEASURE Delayed initiation of ANC visits. RESULTS The magnitude of delayed initiation of ANC visits among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia was 62.63% (95% CI 60.86%, 64.37%). Women aged 35-49 (AOR=1.42; 95% CI 1.04, 1.94), being protestant religion followers (AOR=1.43; 95% CI 1.06, 1.94), being in higher wealth index (AOR=0.53; 95% CI 0.41, 0.69), living in rural residence (AOR=1.50; 95% CI 1.02, 2.19) and living in the metropolitan region (AOR=0.45; 95% CI 0.26, 0.77) were significantly associated with delayed initiation of ANC visit. Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Somalia, Benishangul Gumuz, Southern Addis Ababa and Gambella regions were hot spot regions for delayed initiation of ANC visits. The SaTScan analysis result identified 107 primary clusters of delayed initiation of ANC visits located in regions of SNNPR, Gambella, Southern Addis Ababa, Eastern Oromia and Benishangul Gumuz. CONCLUSIONS Significant spatial clustering of delayed initiation of ANC visits was observed in Ethiopia. More than half of women had delayed initiation of ANC visits in Ethiopia. Women's age, religion, wealth index, residence and region were significant predictors of delayed initiation of ANC visits. There is a disproportional pro-poor distribution of delayed initiation of ANC visits in Ethiopia. Therefore, interventions should be designed in the hot spot areas where delayed initiation of ANC visits was high to enhance the timely initiation of ANC visits.
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- Fantu Mamo Aragaw
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Women's and Family Health,School of Midwifery,College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Human Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Human Anatomy,College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Aoki A, Mochida K, Kuramata M, Sadamori T, Sapalalo P, Tchicondingosse L, Balogun OO, Aiga H, Francisco KR, Takehara K. Association between the quality of care and continuous maternal and child health service utilisation in Angola: Longitudinal data analysis. J Glob Health 2023; 13:04073. [PMID: 37565413 PMCID: PMC10416139 DOI: 10.7189/jogh.13.04073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Background Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) prioritise minimising maternal, neonatal, and infant mortality. To improve maternal and child health, various evidence-based interventions have been introduced. Quality of care is pertinent while strengthening service utilisations. Achieving optimal-quality care is often marred with difficulties, such as inadequate skills and knowledge of health workers, poor fidelity to protocols, and poor user acceptance. Angola is a LMIC facing these problems. This study aimed to demonstrate the influence of health facilities' quality of care at antenatal care (ANC) on subsequent maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) service utilisation in Angolan pregnant women. Methods Population-based cohort data from the Maternal and Child Health Handbook (MCH-HB) effectiveness study were analysed. The original study was conducted among women who became pregnant between March and April 2019 in Benguela Province, Angola. Socioeconomic and MNCH service utilisation indicators were collected through interviewer-administered structured questionnaires. The indicator of quality of care was a composite measure that assessed the implementation of the MCH-HB based on the RE-AIM framework, mostly consisted of common factors related to delivery and management of MNCH services. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed between quality of care, socioeconomic factors, and service utilisation indicators among the intervention group participants who had at least one ANC visit. Results Of the 3351 pregnant women who visited ANC at least once, 2911 without missing values among explanatory or dependent variables were included in the analysis. Among them, 2032 (69.8%) were exposed to optimal-quality ANC, and 2058 (70.7%), 1573 (54.0%), and 941 (32.3%) achieved ANC target, facility delivery, and vaccination target for six-month-old infants, respectively. Exposure to suboptimal-quality care at ANC was associated with lower odds for facility delivery (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.49-0.73) and the achievement of the vaccination target (AOR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.33-0.55). A low socioeconomic status was inversely associated with health service utilisation indicators. Conclusions Health facilities' quality of care influences subsequent MNCH service utilisation. Therefore, simultaneous efforts to improve quality of care and the mobilisation of pregnant women and communities are essential for enhancing maternal and child health.
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- Ai Aoki
- Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- TA Networking Corp., Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Global Health, Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Domus Custodius (SU) Lda. Tchikos Agency, Luanda, Angola
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- School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Olapeju B, Bride M, Gutman JR, Butts JK, Malpass A, McCartney-Melstad A, Van Lith LM, Rodriguez K, Youll S, Mbeye N, Ntoya F, Lankhulani S, Mpata F, Babalola S. Malaria-Related Psychosocial Factors, Past Antenatal Care-Seeking Behaviors, and Future Antenatal Care-Seeking Intentions by Maternal Age in Malawi and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2023; 109:277-283. [PMID: 37364859 PMCID: PMC10397429 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Young women in sub-Saharan Africa are a group at increased risk for malaria in pregnancy. Early antenatal care (ANC) seeking makes it more likely that women will receive the recommended doses of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy. This study used data from national Malaria Behavior Surveys conducted in Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2021 to explore the association between intention to attend ANC in the first trimester for a future pregnancy (early ANC intention) and psychosocial factors among women aged 15-49 years. Eight psychosocial factors related to ANC and based on the ideation model were included, including knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy. The study used multivariable logistic regression models controlling for demographic characteristics to evaluate associations between early ANC intention and the individual ideational factors and the composite measure. Analysis included 2,148 women aged 15-49 years (Malawi: 827, DRC: 1,321). Antenatal care ideation was lower among young (aged 15-20 years) than among older (aged 21-49 years) women in Malawi. Young mothers with higher ANC ideation were more likely to intend to attend ANC early in their next pregnancy in both countries. Specific ideational factors associated with intention to attend ANC early varied by country and included positive attitudes, knowledge of ANC, and positive self-efficacy. In Malawi and the DRC, youth-friendly social and behavior change interventions to increase ANC-related ideation could increase future early ANC attendance among young women to improve malaria and birth outcomes.
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- Bolanle Olapeju
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, Malaria Branch, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, Maryland
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- U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, United States Agency for International Development, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, Maryland
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Islam MH, Jubayer A, Nayan MM, Nowar A, Islam S. Maternal Pregnancy Intention and Antenatal Care Seeking Behaviors in Bangladesh: Evidence From Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2018. Int J Public Health 2023; 68:1605944. [PMID: 37497121 PMCID: PMC10366356 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the association between pregnancy intention and antenatal care (ANC)-seeking behaviors among women in Bangladesh. Methods: ANC-related data of 5,012 women, from the 2018 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), who had a live birth within 3 years preceding the survey were analyzed in the study. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the association of pregnancy intention with ANC utilization. Results: Approximately one-fifth (20.9%) of the women had unintended pregnancy. Among all the women, 40.4% received their first ANC visit within the first three months of pregnancies, 47% had at least four ANC visits, 26.1% received all the components of ANC services, and 22.2% received an adequate dosage of supplementary iron-folic acid tablets/syrup. Women with unintended pregnancy were less likely to receive their first ANC visit within the first 3 months, four or more ANC visits, and all ANC services than those with intended pregnancy. Conclusion: Unintended pregnancy was inversely associated with the proper utilization of ANC among women in Bangladesh. Appropriate measures to reduce unintended pregnancy might foster the utilization of optimum antenatal care.
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- Md. Hafizul Islam
- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR) Trust, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Adedokun ST, Uthman OA, Bisiriyu LA. Determinants of partial and adequate maternal health services utilization in Nigeria: analysis of cross-sectional survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023; 23:457. [PMID: 37340350 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05712-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Access to health services during pregnancy, childbirth and the period after birth provides a substantial opportunity to limit cases of maternal mortality. In sub-Saharan Africa, the proportions of women who utilize health services remain below 70%. This study examined the factors associated with partial and adequate maternal health services utilization in Nigeria. METHODS This paper used data from 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) comprising 21,792 women aged 15-49 years who had given births within five years of the survey. The study focused on antenatal care attendance, place of birth and postnatal care using a combined model. Multinomial logistic regression was applied in the analysis. RESULTS About 74% of the women attended antenatal care, 41% gave birth in health facilities and 21% attended postnatal care. While 68% of the women partially utilized health services, 11% adequately utilized the services. The odds of partially and adequately utilizing health services increased for ever married women, women with secondary or higher education, from richest households, living in urban area, having no problem either getting permission to visit health facility or reaching health facility. CONCLUSIONS This study has revealed the factors associated with partial and adequate utilization of maternal health services in Nigeria. Such factors include education, household wealth, marital status, employment status, residence, region, media exposure, getting permission to use health service, unwillingness to visit health facility without being accompanied and distance to health facility. Efforts aimed at improving maternal health services utilization should place emphasis on these factors.
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- Sulaimon T Adedokun
- Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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- Warwick-Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery (WCAHRD), Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK
- Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Vasconcelos A, Sousa S, Bandeira N, Alves M, Papoila AL, Pereira F, Machado MC. Determinants of antenatal care utilization - contacts and screenings - in Sao Tome & Principe: a hospital-based cross-sectional study. Arch Public Health 2023; 81:107. [PMID: 37328871 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-023-01123-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sao Tome & Principe (STP) has a high peri-neonatal mortality rate and access to high-quality care before childbirth has been described as one of the most effective means of reducing it. The country has a gap in the coverage-content of antenatal care (ANC) services that must be addressed to better allocate resources to ultimately improve maternal and neonatal health. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the determinants for adequate ANC utilization considering the number and timing of ANC contacts and screening completion. METHODS A hospital based cross-sectional study was undertaken among women admitted for delivery at Hospital Dr. Ayres de Menezes (HAM). Data were abstracted from ANC pregnancy cards and from a structured face-to-face interviewer-administered questionnaire. ANC utilization was classified as partial vs adequate. Adequate ANC utilization was defined as having ANC 4 or more contacts, first trimester enrolment plus one or more hemoglobin tests, urine, and ultrasound. The collected data were entered into QuickTapSurvey and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify determinants of adequate ANC utilization at P-value < 0.05. RESULTS A total of 445 mothers were included with a mean age of 26.6 ± 7.1, an adequate ANC utilization was identified in 213 (47.9%; 95% CI: 43.3-52.5) and a partial ANC utilization in 232 (52.1%; 95% CI: 47.5-56.7). Age 20-34 [AOR 2.27 (95% CI: 1.28-4.04), p = 0.005] and age above 35 [AOR 2.5 (95% CI: 1.21-5.20), p = 0.013] when comparing with women aged 14-19 years, urban residence [AOR 1.98 (95% CI: 1.28-3.06), p < 0.002], and planned pregnancy [AOR 2.67 (95% CI: 1.6-4.2), p < 0.001] were the determinants of adequate ANC utilization. CONCLUSION Less than half of the pregnant women had adequate ANC utilization. Maternal age, residence and type of pregnancy planning were the determinants for adequate ANC utilization. Stakeholders should focus on raising awareness of the importance of ANC screening and engaging more vulnerable women in earlier utilization of family planning services and choosing a pregnancy plan, as a key strategy to improve neonatal health outcomes in STP.
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- Alexandra Vasconcelos
- Unidade de Clínica Tropical - Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dr. Ayres de Menezes, São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Dr. Ayres de Menezes, São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe
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- CEAUL, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CEAUL, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Unidade de Clínica Tropical - Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Winters S, Pitchik HO, Akter F, Yeasmin F, Jahir T, Huda TMN, Rahman M, Winch PJ, Luby SP, Fernald LCH. How does women's empowerment relate to antenatal care attendance? A cross-sectional analysis among rural women in Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023; 23:436. [PMID: 37312017 PMCID: PMC10262442 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05737-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In South Asia, roughly half of women attend at least four antenatal care visits with skilled health personnel, the minimum number recommended by the World Health Organization for optimal birth outcomes. A much greater proportion of women attend at least one antenatal care visit, suggesting that a key challenge is ensuring that women initiate antenatal care early in pregnancy and continue to attend after their first visit. One critical barrier to antenatal care attendance may be that women do not have sufficient power in their relationships, households, or communities to attend antenatal care when they want to. The main goals of this paper were to 1) understand the potential effects of intervening on direct measures of women's empowerment-including household decision making, freedom of movement, and control over assets-on antenatal care attendance in a rural population of women in Bangladesh, and 2) examine whether differential associations exist across strata of socioeconomic status. METHODS We analyzed data on 1609 mothers with children under 24 months old in rural Bangladesh and employed targeted maximum likelihood estimation with ensemble machine learning to estimate population average treatment effects. RESULTS Greater women's empowerment was associated with an increased number of antenatal care visits. Specifically, among women who attended at least one antenatal care visit, having high empowerment was associated with a greater probability of ≥ 4 antenatal care visits, both in comparison to low empowerment (15.2 pp, 95% CI: 6.0, 24.4) and medium empowerment (9.1 pp, 95% CI: 2.5, 15.7). The subscales of women's empowerment driving the associations were women's decision-making power and control over assets. We found that greater women's empowerment is associated with more antenatal care visits regardless of socioeconomic status. CONCLUSIONS Empowerment-based interventions, particularly those targeting women's involvement in household decisions and/or facilitating greater control over assets, may be a valuable strategy for increasing antenatal care attendance. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04111016, Date First Registered: 01/10/2019.
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- Solis Winters
- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way West, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way West, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- College of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
- Department of Public Health, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah, 52741, Saudi Arabia
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- Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Diseases Division, icddr,b, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way West, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Daca CSL, Sebastian MS, Arnaldo C, Schumann B, Namatovu F. Socioeconomic and geographical inequalities in health care coverage in Mozambique: a repeated cross-sectional study of the 2015 and 2018 national surveys. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:1007. [PMID: 37254141 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15988-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Over the past years, Mozambique has implemented several initiatives to ensure equitable coverage to health care services. While there have been some achievements in health care coverage at the population level, the effects of these initiatives on social inequalities have not been analysed. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to assess changes in socioeconomic and geographical inequalities (education, wealth, region, place of residence) in health care coverage between 2015 and 2018 in Mozambique. METHODS The study was based on repeated cross-sectional surveys from nationally representative samples: the Survey of Indicators on Immunisation, Malaria and HIV/AIDS in Mozambique (IMASIDA) 2015 and the 2018 Malaria Indicator survey. Data from women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) were analysed to evaluate health care coverage of three indicators: insecticide-treated net use, fever treatment of children, and use of Fansidar malaria prophylaxis for pregnant women. Absolute risk differences and the slope index of inequality (SII) were calculated for the 2015 survey period and the 2018 survey period, respectively. An interaction term between the socioeconomic and geographical variables and the period was included to assess inequality changes between 2015 and 2018. RESULTS The non-use of insecticide-treated nets dropped, whereas the proportion of women with children who were not treated for fever and the prevalence of women who did not take the full Fansidar dose during pregnancy decreased between 2015 and 2018. Significant reductions in the inequality related to insecticide-treated net use were observed for all socioeconomic variables. Concerning fever treatment, some reductions in socioeconomic inequalities were observed, though not statistically significant. For malaria prophylaxis, the SII was significant for education, wealth, and residence in both periods, but no significant inequality reductions were observed in any of these variables over time. CONCLUSIONS We observed significant reductions of socioeconomic inequalities in insecticide-treated net use, but not in fever treatment of children and Fansidar prophylaxis for pregnant women. Decision-makers should target underserved populations, specifically the non-educated, poor, and rural women, to address inequalities in health care coverage.
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- Chanvo S L Daca
- Directorate of Planning and Cooperation, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
- Centre for African Studies, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.
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- Centre for African Studies, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Yeboah H, Yaya S. Health and economic implications of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on women and children in Africa. Reprod Health 2023; 20:70. [PMID: 37158924 PMCID: PMC10165567 DOI: 10.1186/s12978-023-01616-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to pose major health and economic challenges for many countries worldwide. Particularly for countries in the African region, the existing precarious health status resulting from weak health systems have made the impact of the pandemic direr. Although the number of the COVID-19 infections in Africa cannot be compared to that of Europe and other parts of the world, the economic and health ramifications cannot be overstated. Significant impacts of the lockdowns during the onset of the pandemic caused disruptions in the food supply chain, and significant declines in income which decreased the affordability and consumption of healthy diets among the poor and most vulnerable. Access and utilization of essential healthcare services by women and children were also limited because of diversion of resources at the onset of the pandemic, limited healthcare capacity, fear of infection and financial constraint. The rate of domestic violence against children and women also increased, which further deepened the inequalities among these groups. While all African countries are out of lockdown, the pandemic and its consequent impacts on the health and socio-economic well-being of women and children persist. This commentary discusses the health and economic impact of the ongoing pandemic on women and children in Africa, to understand the intersectional gendered implications within socio-economic and health systems and to highlight the need for a more gender-based approach in response to the consequences of the pandemic in the Africa region.
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- Helena Yeboah
- School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
- The George Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Cirera L, Sacoor C, Meremikwu M, Ranaivo L, F. Manun’Ebo M, Arikpo D, Matavele O, Rafaralahy V, Ndombe D, Pons Duran C, Ramirez M, Ramponi F, González R, Maly C, Roman E, Sicuri E, Pagnoni F, Menéndez C. The economic costs of malaria in pregnancy: evidence from four sub-Saharan countries. Gates Open Res 2023; 7:47. [PMID: 37234473 PMCID: PMC10205974 DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.14375.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023] Open
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Background Malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which imposes a significant economic burden. We provide evidence on the costs of malaria care in pregnancy to households and the health system in four high-burden countries in SSA. Methods Household and health system economic costs associated with malaria control in pregnancy were estimated in selected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar (MDG), Mozambique (MOZ) and Nigeria (NGA). An exit survey was administered to 2,031 pregnant women when leaving the antenatal care (ANC) clinic from October 2020 to June 2021. Women reported the direct and indirect costs associated to malaria prevention and treatment in pregnancy. To estimate health system costs, we interviewed health workers from 133 randomly selected health facilities. Costs were estimated using an ingredients-based approach. Results Average household costs of malaria prevention per pregnancy were USD6.33 in DRC, USD10.06 in MDG, USD15.03 in MOZ and USD13.33 in NGA. Household costs of treating an episode of uncomplicated/complicated malaria were USD22.78/USD46 in DRC, USD16.65/USD35.65 in MDG, USD30.54/USD61.25 in MOZ and USD18.92/USD44.71 in NGA, respectively. Average health system costs of malaria prevention per pregnancy were USD10.74 in DRC, USD16.95 in MDG, USD11.17 in MOZ and USD15.64 in NGA. Health system costs associated with treating an episode of uncomplicated/complicated malaria were USD4.69/USD101.41 in DRC, USD3.61/USD63.33 in MDG, USD4.68/USD83.70 in MOZ and USD4.09/USD92.64 in NGA. These estimates resulted in societal costs of malaria prevention and treatment per pregnancy of USD31.72 in DRC, USD29.77 in MDG, USD31.98 in MOZ and USD46.16 in NGA. Conclusions Malaria in pregnancy imposes a high economic burden on households and the health system. Findings emphasize the importance of investing in effective strategies that improve access to malaria control and reduce the burden of the infection in pregnancy.
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- Laia Cirera
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Cross River Health and Demographic Surveillance System, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
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- Malagasy Associates for Numerical Information and Statistical Analysis (MANISA), Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Bureau d’Étude et de Gestion de l’Information Statistique (BEGIS), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Cross River Health and Demographic Surveillance System, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
- Institute of Tropical Diseases Research and Prevention, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria
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- Malagasy Associates for Numerical Information and Statistical Analysis (MANISA), Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Bureau d’Étude et de Gestion de l’Information Statistique (BEGIS), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Manhiça Health Research Center, Manhiça, Mozambique
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, Baltimore, USA
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- Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, Baltimore, USA
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Manhiça Health Research Center, Manhiça, Mozambique
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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Cirera L, Sacoor C, Meremikwu M, Ranaivo L, F. Manun’Ebo M, Arikpo D, Matavele O, Rafaralahy V, Ndombe D, Pons Duran C, Ramirez M, Ramponi F, González R, Maly C, Roman E, Sicuri E, Pagnoni F, Menéndez C. The economic costs of malaria in pregnancy: evidence from four sub-Saharan countries. Gates Open Res 2023; 7:47. [PMID: 37234473 PMCID: PMC10205974 DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.14375.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Background Malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which imposes a significant economic burden. We provide evidence on the costs of malaria care in pregnancy to households and the health system in four high-burden countries in SSA. Methods Household and health system economic costs associated with malaria control in pregnancy were estimated in selected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar (MDG), Mozambique (MOZ) and Nigeria (NGA). An exit survey was administered to 2,031 pregnant women when leaving the antenatal care (ANC) clinic from October 2020 to June 2021. Women reported the direct and indirect costs associated to malaria prevention and treatment in pregnancy. To estimate health system costs, we interviewed health workers from 133 randomly selected health facilities. Costs were estimated using an ingredients-based approach. Results Average household costs of malaria prevention per pregnancy were USD6.33 in DRC, USD10.06 in MDG, USD15.03 in MOZ and USD13.33 in NGA. Household costs of treating an episode of uncomplicated/complicated malaria were USD22.78/USD46 in DRC, USD16.65/USD35.65 in MDG, USD30.54/USD61.25 in MOZ and USD18.92/USD44.71 in NGA, respectively. Average health system costs of malaria prevention per pregnancy were USD10.74 in DRC, USD16.95 in MDG, USD11.17 in MOZ and USD15.64 in NGA. Health system costs associated with treating an episode of uncomplicated/complicated malaria were USD4.69/USD101.41 in DRC, USD3.61/USD63.33 in MDG, USD4.68/USD83.70 in MOZ and USD4.09/USD92.64 in NGA. These estimates resulted in societal costs of malaria prevention and treatment per pregnancy of USD31.72 in DRC, USD29.77 in MDG, USD31.98 in MOZ and USD46.16 in NGA. Conclusions Malaria in pregnancy imposes a high economic burden on households and the health system. Findings emphasize the importance of investing in effective strategies that improve access to malaria control and reduce the burden of the infection in pregnancy.
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- Laia Cirera
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Cross River Health and Demographic Surveillance System, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
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- Malagasy Associates for Numerical Information and Statistical Analysis (MANISA), Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Bureau d’Étude et de Gestion de l’Information Statistique (BEGIS), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Cross River Health and Demographic Surveillance System, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
- Institute of Tropical Diseases Research and Prevention, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria
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- Malagasy Associates for Numerical Information and Statistical Analysis (MANISA), Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Bureau d’Étude et de Gestion de l’Information Statistique (BEGIS), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Manhiça Health Research Center, Manhiça, Mozambique
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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- Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, Baltimore, USA
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- Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, Baltimore, USA
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Manhiça Health Research Center, Manhiça, Mozambique
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
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Hetherington E, Harper S, Davidson R, Festo C, Lampkin N, Mtenga S, Teixeira C, Vincent I, Nandi A. Impact evaluation of the TAMANI project to improve maternal and child health in Tanzania. J Epidemiol Community Health 2023; 77:410-416. [PMID: 37116960 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2022-219995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Tabora Maternal and Newborn Health Initiative project was a multicomponent intervention to improve maternal and newborn health in the Tabora region of Tanzania. Components included training healthcare providers and community health workers, infrastructure upgrades, and improvements to health management. This study aimed to examine the impact of trainings on four key outcomes: skilled birth attendance, antenatal care, respectful maternity care and patient-provider communication. METHODS Trainings were delivered sequentially at four time points between 2018 and 2019 in eight districts (two districts at a time). Cross-sectional surveys were administered to a random sample of households in all districts at baseline and after each training wave. Due to practical necessities, the original stepped wedge cluster randomised design of the evaluation was altered mid-programme. Therefore, a difference-in-differences for multiple groups in multiple periods was adopted to compare outcomes in treated districts to not yet treated districts. Risk differences were estimated for the overall average treatment effect on the treated and group/time dynamic effects. RESULTS Respondents reported 3895 deliveries over the course of the study. The intervention was associated with a 12.9 percentage point increase in skilled birth attendance (95% CI 0.4 to 25.4), which began to increase 4 months after the end of training in each district. There was little evidence of impact on antenatal care visits, respectful treatment during delivery and patient-provider communication. CONCLUSION Interventions to train local healthcare workers in basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care increased skilled birth attendance but had limited impact on other pregnancy-related outcomes.
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- Erin Hetherington
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania, United Republic of
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- Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Tanzania, United Republic of
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- McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute for Health and Social Policy and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Raholiarimanana F, Rakotomanana H, Ishida A. Does Raising Livestock Improve Household Food Security and Child Dietary Diversity in a Rural Region of Madagascar? CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:children10050765. [PMID: 37238313 DOI: 10.3390/children10050765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Madagascar is one of the poorest countries and has an alarming prevalence of food insecurity and child undernutrition. Most of the Malagasy population live from agricultural activities making livestock a livelihood asset and a source of animal-source foods, especially for smallholder farmers. This study aimed to examine the association between livestock ownership, household food security, and children's dietary diversity in a rural region of Madagascar. Data from a cross-sectional survey of 344 respondents were used to assess the association between household tropical livestock units (TLU) per capita, Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) scores, and dietary diversity scores (DDSs) among children aged 6-23 months. The estimation results from the ordered probit model showed that household TLU per capita is negatively associated with HFIAS scores and positively associated with DDSs among children. Additionally, households with mothers who received information on childcare and nutrition from health facilities and community nutrition agents were more likely to be food secure and have better dietary diversity. Therefore, promoting livestock ownership and strengthening nutrition-sensitive messages focusing on the benefits of raising livestock to mothers from rural Madagascar will likely be effective in improving household food security and nutrition for children.
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Wan S, Jin B, Kpordoxah MR, Issah AN, Yeboah D, Aballo J, Boah M. A descriptive analysis of the coverage of newborn care services among women who delivered in health facilities in 17 sub-Saharan African countries. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023; 23:256. [PMID: 37069513 PMCID: PMC10108479 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05592-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has seen an increase in facility-based births over the years. However, the region has the world's highest newborn mortality rate (42% in 2019). Quality care around the time of birth can avert these deaths. This study examined the newborn care interventions given to women who gave birth in health facilities in 17 countries in SSA. METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted. We used data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 17 sub-Saharan African countries. We analysed a weighted sample of 226,706 women aged 15-49 years who gave birth in the five years preceding the surveys. We described the coverage of nine newborn care services, namely weighing at birth, breastfeeding initiation within 1 h after birth, skin-to-skin contact, temperature measurement, cord examination, counselling on newborn danger signs, counselling on breastfeeding, breastfeeding observation, and child health assessment before discharge. RESULTS Overall, 72.0% (95% CI: 71.1, 72.8) of births occurred in health facilities, ranging from 40.0% (95% CI: 38.0, 42.1) in Nigeria to 96.3% (95% CI: 95.4, 97.1) in South Africa. Weighing at birth was the most common intervention (91.4%), followed by health checks before discharge (81%). The other interventions, including those given immediately at birth (breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact), had suboptimal coverage. For instance, 66% of newborns were breastfed within 1 h after birth, and 56% had immediate skin-to-skin contact. Service coverage varied considerably by country and healthcare provider type. CONCLUSIONS The majority of the examined services, namely early breastfeeding, skin-to-skin contact, cord examination, temperature measurement, counselling on newborn danger signs, breastfeeding observation, and counselling on breastfeeding, were found to have suboptimal coverage. Even though many pregnant women in SSA give birth in healthcare facilities, some newborns do not always get the care they need to be healthy and live. This is a missed chance to improve newborn health and survival around the time of birth.
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- Siyuan Wan
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Global and International Health, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
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- Department of Health Services, Planning, Management, and Economics, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Policy, Tamale, Ghana
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
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- United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Ghana Country Office, P.O. Box AN 5051, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.
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Misago N, Habonimana D, Ciza R, Ndayizeye JP, Kimaro JKA. A digitalized program to improve antenatal health care in a rural setting in North-Western Burundi: Early evidence-based lessons. PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH 2023; 2:e0000133. [PMID: 37068064 PMCID: PMC10109494 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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In Burundi, the north-western region continues to grapple with the lowest level of antenatal care (ANC) attendance rate which is constantly about half the national average of 49% ANC4 coverage. Despite a dearth of empirical evidence to understand the determinants of this suboptimal attendance of ANC, widespread evidence informs that women forget scheduled ANC appointments. We designed and tested a digital intervention that uses a reminder model aimed at increasing the number of women who attend at least 4 ANC visits in this region. We enrolled a cohort of 132 pregnant women who were followed until childbirth using a single arm pre- and post-test design. The digital model builds on the collaboration between midwives or nurses, community health workers (CHWs), and pregnant women who are centrally connected through regular automated communications generated by the cPanel of the digital intervention. In addition to ANC attendances, we nested a cross-sectional survey to understand mothers' perceptions and acceptability of the digital intervention using the acceptability framework by Sekhon et al. (2017). Descriptive analyses were performed to observe the trend in ANC attendance and logistic regressions fitted to seize determinants affecting mothers' acceptability of the intervention. Of 132 enrolled pregnant women, 1 (0.76%) dropped out. From a baseline of 23%, nearly 73.7% of mothers attended their subsequent ANC visits after the start of the intervention. From the third month of intervention, about 80% of mothers constantly attended ANC appointments; which corresponds to greater than 200% increase from the baseline. Findings showed that 96.2% of mothers expressed satisfaction, 77.1% positively reacted to automated reminders (attitudes), 70.2% expressed willingness to participate, and 86.3% had the ability to actively participate to the intervention. Conversely, half of mothers confirmed that participation to this programme somewhat affected their time management. A key learning is that digital interventions have a lot of promise to improve pregnancy monitoring in rural settings. However, the overall user acceptability was low especially among mothers lacking personal mobile phone.
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- Nadine Misago
- Health Healing Network Burundi, Santé Maternelle et Néonatale, Bujumbura, Burundi
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- Centre de Recherche Universitaire en Santé (CURSA), Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, 5190, Burundi
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- Health Healing Network Burundi, Santé Maternelle et Néonatale, Bujumbura, Burundi
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- Department of Community Medicine, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda
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- East African Market Driven and People Centred Integration, Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, East Africa Community, Arusha, Tanzania
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Tawfiq E, Fazli MR, Wasiq AW, Stanikzai MH, Mansouri A, Saeedzai SA. Sociodemographic Predictors of Initiating Antenatal Care Visits by Pregnant Women During First Trimester of Pregnancy: Findings from the Afghanistan Health Survey 2018. Int J Womens Health 2023; 15:475-485. [PMID: 37033119 PMCID: PMC10075259 DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s399544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Purpose Initiating antenatal care (ANC) visits by pregnant women during first trimester, known as timely initiation of ANC visits, is crucial for wellbeing of mothers and their unborn babies. We examined whether sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women predict timely initiation of ANC visits. Patients and Methods Data collected for the Afghanistan Health Survey 2018 (AHS 2018) were analyzed. A binary outcome variable was created as women with ANC visits in 0-3 months (first trimester) vs women with ANC visits in ≥4 months of pregnancy. A multivariable generalized linear model was employed. Results A total of 6862 ever-married women, aged 14-49 years, with a history of pregnancy, including current pregnancy, were included. The prevalence of timely initiation of ANC visits was 55.8%. The likelihood (OR = odds ratio) of timely initiation of ANC visits was higher in women aged 30-39 years [OR 1.12 (95% CI: 1.00-1.25)], in women who could read and write [OR 1.12 (95% CI: 0.99-1.21)], in women who used public primary care facilities [OR 1.14 (95% CI: 1.01-1.28)], in women who received consultation on ANC from a doctor or midwife [OR 1.22 (95% CI: 0.72-2.08), OR 1.13 (95% CI: 0.67-1.92)] respectively, in women at fourth and highest quintiles of wealth status [OR 1.24 (95% CI: 1.04-1.48), OR 1.14 (95% CI: 0.92-1.40)] respectively, in women who intended to become pregnant [OR 1.56 (95% CI: 1.35-1.81)], in women who used the internet [OR 1.53 (95% CI: 1.13-2.06)], and in women who listened to radio [OR 1.16 (95% CI: 1.03-1.30)]. However, the likelihood was lower in women who had given birth at least twice [OR 0.67 (95% CI: 0.50-0.89)], and in women who lived in rural areas [OR 0.87 (95% CI: 0.75-1.00)]. Conclusion To promote timely initiation of ANC visits, healthcare interventions to increase availability of midwives and doctors, and improve accessibility to primary care clinics, especially in rural areas, need to be implemented.
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- Essa Tawfiq
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Correspondence: Essa Tawfiq, Building 507, Level 1, Room 1038, 28 Park Avenue, Grafton, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand, Tel +64 210661149, Email
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan
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Amungulu ME, Nghitanwa EM, Mbapaha C. An investigation of factors affecting the utilization of antenatal care services among women in post-natal wards in two Namibian hospitals in the Khomas region. J Public Health Afr 2023; 14:2154. [PMID: 37197265 PMCID: PMC10184171 DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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Background Antenatal care (ANC) services are the care provided by skilled healthcare professionals to pregnant women to ensure the best health for both mother and baby during pregnancy and after delivery. In Namibia, utilization of antenatal care services has been reported to be dropping from 97% in 2013 to 91% in 2016. Objectives The objectives of this study were to investigate the factors affecting the utilization of ANC services. Methods A quantitative approach and a cross-sectional analytical design were used to carry out the study. The study population was all mothers who delivered and were admitted to the postnatal ward of Intermediate Hospital Katutura and Windhoek Central Hospital during the time of the study. Data were collected from 320 participants using self-administered structured questionnaires. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 25 software. Results Participants were aged between 16 and 42 years with a mean age of 27 years. The results show that 229 (71.6%) utilized ANC while 91(28.4%) did not utilize ANC services. Factors such as the negative attitude of health care workers, long distance to and from health facilities, lack of transport money to travel to and from the health facilities, lack of knowledge regarding antenatal care, attitude towards pregnancy, and others, were found as hindrances to the utilization of antenatal care services. Participants also indicated motivators for ANC utilization such as preventing complications, knowing their HIV status, getting health education, knowing the estimated date of delivery, and identifying and treatment of medical conditions. The study reveals the higher knowledge of participants on ANC utilization, most participants have the right to make decisions and had positive attitudes toward the quality of ANC services. The level of attitude toward pregnancy was associated with the utilization of antenatal care services with an odd ratio OR=2.132; and P=0.014. Conclusions The study identified factors that affect utilization of ANC services such as age, marital status, mother's education, partner's formal education, negative attitude toward health providers, long distance to and from ANC health care facilities, fear of HIV test and results, Covid-19 regulations, inability to determine the pregnancy at the earlier stages and financial constraints Based on this study findings, it is recommended that the utilization of ANC might be improved through effective community mobilization and outreach maternity services to educate and improve awareness on the importance of ANC.
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- School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Namibia, P/Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia. +264.61.206.4814.
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Nambiar D, Mathew B, Dubey S, Moola S. Interventions addressing maternal and child health among the urban poor and homeless: an overview of systematic reviews. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:492. [PMID: 36918855 PMCID: PMC10015840 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15410-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Inequalities in access to and utilization of maternal and child health (MCH) care are hampering progress on the path to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In a number of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) population subgroups at disproportionate risk of being left behind are the urban poor. Within this neglected group is the further neglected group of the homeless. Concomitantly, a number of interventions from the antenatal period onward have been piloted, tested, and scaled in these contexts. We carried out an overview of systematic reviews (SRs) to characterize the evidence around maternal and child health interventions relevant to urban poor homeless populations in LMICs. METHODS We searched Medline, Cochrane Library, Health Systems Evidence and EBSCOhost databases for SRs published between January 2009 and 2020 (with an updated search through November 2021). Our population of interest was women or children from urban poor settings in LMICs; interventions and outcomes corresponded with the World Health Organization's (WHO) guidance document. Each SR was assessed by two reviewers using established standard critical appraisal checklists. The overview was registered in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42021229107). RESULTS In a sample of 33 high quality SRs, we found no direct relevant evidence for pregnant and lactating homeless women (and children) in the reviewed literature. There was a lack of emphasis on evidence related to family planning, safe abortion care, and postpartum care of mothers. There was mixed quality evidence that the range of nutritional interventions had little, unclear or no effect on several child mortality and development outcomes. Interventions related to water, sanitation, and hygiene, ensuring acceptability of community health services and health promotion type programs could be regarded as beneficial, although location seemed to matter. Importantly, the risk of bias reporting in different reviews did not match, suggesting that greater attention to rigour in their conduct is needed. CONCLUSION The generalizability of existing systematic reviews to our population of interest was poor. There is a clear need for rigorous primary research on MCH interventions among urban poor, and particularly homeless populations in LMICs, as it is as yet unclear whether the same, augmented, or altogether different interventions would be required.
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- Devaki Nambiar
- The George Institute for Global Health, 308 Elegance Tower, Jasola District Centre, 110025, New Delhi, India.
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- Indian Council of Medical Research- Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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Amoak D, Dhillon S, Antabe R, Sano Y, Luginaah I. Factors Associated with Deworming Medication Utilization among Pregnant Women in Benin: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey. Trop Med Infect Dis 2023; 8:tropicalmed8030166. [PMID: 36977167 PMCID: PMC10053996 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8030166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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Deworming medication utilization is a useful strategy to reduce the burden of anemia among pregnant women. Yet, we know very little about the prevalence and correlates of deworming medication utilization among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa, including Benin. To address this void in the literature, we used the 2017–2018 Benin Demographic and Health Survey and applied logistic regression analysis to explore the demographic, socioeconomic, and healthcare factors associated with deworming medication utilization in Benin. We found that deworming medication coverage was 65% at the national level. We observed that women aged 35–49 years were less likely to use deworming medication compared to those aged 15–24 years (OR = 0.79, p < 0.01). Compared to Christian women, Muslim women (OR = 0.70, p < 0.01) and women of other religions (OR = 0.51, p < 0.01) were also less likely to use deworming medication. Moreover, women with lower levels of education and household wealth, as well as unemployed women, were less likely to use deworming medication in comparison to their educated, richer, and employed counterparts. Women who visited ANC fewer than eight times were also less likely to use deworming medication compared to their counterparts who did so eight times or more (OR = 0.65, p < 0.001). Based on these findings, we discussed several implications for policymakers.
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- Daniel Amoak
- Department of Geography and Environment, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environment, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
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- Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON P1B 8L7, Canada
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- Department of Geography and Environment, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
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Amu H, Aboagye RG, Dowou RK, Kongnyuy EJ, Adoma PO, Memiah P, Tarkang EE, Bain LE. Towards achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3: multilevel analyses of demographic and health survey data on health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa. Int Health 2023; 15:134-149. [PMID: 35439814 PMCID: PMC9977256 DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Improving maternal health and achieving universal health coverage (UHC) are important expectations in the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. While health insurance has been shown as effective in the utilisation of maternal healthcare, there is a paucity of literature on this relationship in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We examined the relationship between health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare utilisation using demographic and health survey data. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 195 651 women aged 15-49 y from 28 countries in SSA. We adopted bivariable and multivariable analyses comprising χ2 test and multilevel binary logistic regression in analysing the data. RESULTS The prevalence of maternal healthcare utilisation was 58, 70.6 and 40.7% for antenatal care (ANC), skilled birth attendance (SBA) and postnatal care (PNC), respectively. The prevalence of health insurance coverage was 6.4%. Women covered by health insurance were more likely to utilise ANC (adjusted OR [aOR]=1.48, 95% CI 1.41 to 1.54), SBA (aOR=1.37, 95% CI 1.30 to 1.45) and PNC (aOR=1.42, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.48). CONCLUSION Health insurance coverage was an important predictor of maternal healthcare utilisation in our study. To accelerate progress towards the achievement of SDG 3 targets related to the reduction of maternal mortality and achievement of UHC, countries should adopt interventions to increase maternal insurance coverage, which may lead to higher maternal healthcare access and utilisation during pregnancy.
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- Hubert Amu
- Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana
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- Department of Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana
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- Department of Health Administration and Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
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- Division of Epidemiology and Prevention: Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Population and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana
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- Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health (LIIRH), College of Social Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
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Fonzo M, Zuanna TD, Amoruso I, Resti C, Tsegaye A, Azzimonti G, Sgorbissa B, Centomo M, Ferretti S, Manenti F, Putoto G, Baldovin T, Bertoncello C. The HIV paradox: Perinatal mortality is lower in HIV-positive mothers-A field case-control study in Ethiopia. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2023. [PMID: 36815783 DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Sub-Saharan African countries have the highest perinatal mortality rates. Although HIV is a risk factor for perinatal death, antioretroviral therapy (ART) programs have been associated with better outcomes. We aimed to investigate how maternal HIV affects perinatal mortality. METHODS The authors performed a nested case-control study at Saint Luke Hospital, Wolisso, Ethiopia. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, current maternal conditions, obstetric history, and antenatal care (ANC) services utilization were collected. The association between perinatal mortality and HIV was assessed with logistic regression adjusting for potential confounders. RESULTS A total of 3525 birthing women were enrolled, including 1175 cases and 2350 controls. Perinatal mortality was lower among HIV-positive women (18.3% vs. 33.6%, P = 0.007). Crude analysis showed a protective effect of HIV (odds ratio, 0.442 [95% confidence interval, 0.241-0.810]), which remained after adjustment (adjusted odds ratio, 0.483 [95% confidence interval, 0.246-0.947]). Among HIV-negative women, access to ANC for women from rural areas was almost half (18.8% vs. 36.2%; P < 0.001), whereas in HIV-positive women, no differences were noted (P = 0.795). CONCLUSION Among HIV-positive mothers, perinatal mortality was halved and differences in access to ANC services by area were eliminated. These data highlight the benefits of integrating ANC and HIV services in promoting access to the health care system, reducing inequalities and improving neonatal mortality.
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- M Fonzo
- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Padova, Italy
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- Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Padova, Italy
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Hygiene and Public Health Unit, DCTVSP, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Kibret GD, Demant D, Hayen A. The effect of distance to health facility on neonatal mortality in Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:114. [PMID: 36737761 PMCID: PMC9896723 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09070-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION In Ethiopia, more than half of newborn babies do not have access to Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) services. Understanding the effect of distance to health facilities on service use and neonatal survival is crucial to recommend policymakers and improving resource distribution. We aimed to investigate the effect of distance to health services on maternal service use and neonatal mortality. METHODS We implemented a data integration method based on geographic coordinates. We calculated straight-line (Euclidean) distances from the Ethiopian 2016 demographic and health survey (EDHS) clusters to the closest health facility. We computed the distance in ESRI ArcGIS Version 10.3 using the geographic coordinates of DHS clusters and health facilities. Generalised Structural Equation Modelling (GSEM) was used to estimate the effect of distance on neonatal mortality. RESULTS Poor geographic accessibility to health facilities affects maternal service usage and increases the risk of newborn mortality. For every ten kilometres (km) increase in distance to a health facility, the odds of neonatal mortality increased by 1.33% (95% CI: 1.06% to 1.67%). Distance also negatively affected antenatal care, facility delivery and postnatal counselling service use. CONCLUSIONS A lack of geographical access to health facilities decreases the likelihood of newborns surviving their first month of life and affects health services use during pregnancy and immediately after birth. The study also showed that antenatal care use was positively associated with facility delivery service use and that both positively influenced postnatal care use, demonstrating the interconnectedness of the components of continuum of care for maternal and neonatal care services. Policymakers can leverage the findings from this study to improve accessibility barriers to health services.
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- Getiye Dejenu Kibret
- grid.449044.90000 0004 0480 6730Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia ,grid.117476.20000 0004 1936 7611School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW Australia
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- grid.117476.20000 0004 1936 7611School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW Australia ,grid.1024.70000000089150953School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD Australia
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- grid.117476.20000 0004 1936 7611School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW Australia
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Ezeruigbo CF, Ezeoha A. Climate change and the burden of healthcare financing in African households. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med 2023; 15:e1-e3. [PMID: 36744450 PMCID: PMC9900300 DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v15i1.3743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Climate change is a mounting pressure on private health financing in Africa - directly because of increased disease prevalence and indirectly because of its negative impact on household income. The sources and consequences of the pressure constitute an important area of policy discourse, especially as it relates to issues of poverty and inequality. Relying on a panel dataset involving 49 African countries and the period 2000-2019, as well as a random effect regression analysis, this report shows that climate change has a positive and significant impact on the level of out-of-pocket health expenditure (OPHE) in Africa, and an increase in the level of greenhouse (CO2) emissions by 1% could bring about a 0.423% increase in the level of OPHE. Indirectly, the results show that, compared with the regional average, countries that have higher government health expenditure levels, above 1.7% regional average, and face higher climate change risk may likely record an increase in OPHE. Alternatively, countries with higher per capita income (above the regional annual average of $2300.00) are likely to record a drop in OPHE. Countries with lower climate change risk and a lower than the regional average age dependency (above the regional average of 80.4%) are also likely to record a drop in OPHE. It follows that there is a need for policy alignment, especially with regard to how climate change influences primary health care funding models in Africa.Contribution: The results of this research offer policymakers in-depth knowledge of how climate change erodes healthcare financing capacity of government and shifts the burden to households. This raises concerns on the quality of accessible healthcare and the link with poverty and inequality.
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- Chinwe F. Ezeruigbo
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
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- Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Management Sciences, Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
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Chowdhury SK. Uptake of antepartum care services in a matrilineal-matrilocal society: a study of Garo indigenous women in Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023; 23:75. [PMID: 36709250 PMCID: PMC9883956 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05404-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The indigenous Garo is a close-knit matrilineal-matrilocal community. This community's expectant mothers receive less antepartum biomedical care, making them prone to maternal mortality. This study developed a conceptual framework to explore how the external environment, personal predispositions, enabling components and perceived antepartum care needs influence and generate a gap in antepartum biomedical care uptake. METHODS The author used qualitative data from the study area. The data were collected through conducting 24 semi-structured interviews with purposively selected Garo women. After transcribing the data, the author generated the themes, grouped them into two broader domains, and analyzed them using the grounded theory approach. RESULTS The emergent themes suggest adding the external environment (i.e., healthcare facilities' availability and services and culturally relevant healthcare services) to Anderson's behavioral model to understand indigenous women's antepartum care uptake disparity. Antepartum care uptake disparities arise when Andersen's behavioral model's other three drivers-personal predisposition, enabling components, and needs components-interact with the external environment. The interplay between enabling resources and the external environment is the conduit by which their predispositions and perceived needs are shaped and, thus, generate a disparity in antepartum care uptake. The data demonstrate that enabling resources include gendered power dynamics in families, home composition and income, men's spousal role, community practices of maternal health, and mother groups' and husbands' knowledge. Birth order, past treatment, late pregnancy, and healthcare knowledge are predispositions. According to data, social support, home-based care, mental health well-being, cultural norms and rituals, doctors' friendliness, affordable care, and transportation costs are perceived needs. CONCLUSIONS Garo family members (mothers/in-laws and male husbands) should be included in health intervention initiatives to address the problem with effective health education, highlighting the advantages of biomedical antepartum care. Health policymakers should ensure the availability of nearby and culturally appropriate pregnancy care services.
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- Suban Kumar Chowdhury
- grid.412656.20000 0004 0451 7306Department of International Relations, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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