Perception, Attitude and Practices of Home Birth among Mothers of Under-Five Children in a Migrant Community of Southwest, Nigeria

Desmennu, Adeyimika Titilayo; Yerokun, Aderonke H.; Arulogun, Oyedunni

doi:10.25133/jpssv26n2.012

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“…Such difficulty may come in form of lack of transportation due to remoteness of the residence. Some women may eventually deliver at home while in the process of looking for vehicle to convey them to the nearest health facility [44,[46][47][48][49]. The more a community is disadvantaged socioeconomically, the higher the likelihood of women in that community to not utilize health service during delivery [50,51].…”

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Women who have not utilized health Service for Delivery in Nigeria: who are they and where do they live?

Adedokun

Uthman

2019

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background: Advanced Maternal Age (AMA) pregnancy refers to pregnancy in women aged 35 years or older at the time of delivery. Existing studies have been more concerned with the obstetrics implication of AMA pregnancy. The associated social factors such as the individual and community level factors have remained largely unexplored particularly in population-based studies. This study examines the individual and community level factors associated with AMA pregnancy in Nigeria. Methods: Data were extracted from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. A weighted sample of 13,105 women was analysed. The outcome variable was AMA pregnancy. The explanatory variables were individual characteristics (age, marital status, media exposure, current contraceptive use, period spent schooling, female autonomy, remarriage and income group) and community characteristics (proportion who delayed marriage in community, community level of female higher education, proportion of female in professional occupation in community, proportion of divorced or separated women in community, proportion of women in commuter marriage, type of community and geo-political zone of residence). Three mixed-effects multilevel logistic regression models were estimated. Results: Findings reveal 10.9% prevalence of AMA pregnancy in Nigeria. While the odds of AMA pregnancy were lower among women in very advanced (AOR=0.592, p<0.001; 95% CI: 0.509-0.688) and extremely advanced (AOR=0.290, p<0.001; 95% CI: 0.239-0.353) (AOR=1.794, p<0.001; 95% CI: 1.580-2.008) age groups, the odds were higher among women who had high exposure to mass media (AOR=1.

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