Utilization of care during pregnancy in rural Guatemala: does obstetrical need matter?

Glei, Dana A.; Goldman, Noreen; Rodrı́guez, Germán

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00140-0

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“…Agreement of partners and male involvement are important in various aspects of reproductive health, including abortion, family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, and breastfeeding (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). Spousal communication about reproductive health is important in decisions about accessing maternal health services in both developed and developing countries (7,9,(27)(28)(29)(30)(31).…”

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Household Decision-making about Delivery in Health Facilities: Evidence from Tanzania

Danforth

Kruk

Rockers

et al. 2009

J Health Popul Nutr

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This study investigated how partners' perceptions of the healthcare system influence decisions about delivery-location in low-resource settings. A multistage population-representative sample was used in Kasulu district, Tanzania, to identify women who had given birth in the last five years and their partners. Of 826 couples in analysis, 506 (61.3%) of the women delivered in the home. In multivariate analysis, factors associated with delivery in a health facility were agreement of partners on the importance of delivering in a health facility and agreement that skills of doctors are better than those of traditional birth attendants. When partners disagreed, the opinion of the woman was more influential in determining delivery-location. Agreement of partners regarding perceptions about the healthcare system appeared to be an important driver of decisions about delivery-location. These findings suggest that both partners should be included in the decision-making process regarding delivery to raise rates of delivery at facility.

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Household Decision-making about Delivery in Health Facilities: Evidence from Tanzania

Danforth

Kruk

Rockers

et al. 2009

J Health Popul Nutr

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“…Women who had a prior foetal loss or neonatal death are more likely to receive ANC [12,38,42]. In India, pregnant women without previous obstetric problems were more likely to attend late [20].…”

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Frequency and Timing of Antenatal Care Visits and Its Impact on Neonatal Mortality in EAG States of India

Gupta¹,

Talukdar²

2017

J Neonatal Biol

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The study aims to examine the association between frequency of antenatal care visits and neonatal mortality in EAG states and to explore the relationship between the timing of first antenatal care visit in the trimester and neonatal mortality in EAG states of India. The study uses data from the third round of National Family Health Survey NFHS-3. The timing of the first antenatal visit and the relative number of ANC visits received by the women is studied separately. Logistic regression is applied to find an association between continuity, the timing of ANC received and neonatal birth outcome. Results explain significant association between mothers receiving ANC 4-9 visits had experienced a lower risk of neonatal mortality. Mothers who received antenatal care visit from the first trimester experienced lest pregnancy outcomes and neonatal deaths.

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“…These factors include women's age, 10,11 ethnicity, 12 education, 7,10,13 religion, 13,14 culture, 15 clinical need for care 15 and decision-making power. 16 The costs, 17 location 7,18 and quality of health services are also important.…”

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A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context

Say

Raine

2007

Bull. World Health Organ.

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Two decades after the Safe Motherhood campaign's 1987 launch in India, half a million women continue to die from pregnancy-related causes every year. Key health-care interventions can largely prevent these deaths, but their use is limited in developing countries, and is reported to vary between population groups. We reviewed the use of maternal health-care interventions in developing countries to assess the extent, strength and implications of evidence for variations according to women's place of residence and socioeconomic status. Studies with data on use of a skilled health worker at delivery, antenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy and medical settings for delivery were assessed. We identified 30 eligible studies, 12 of which were of high or moderate quality, from 23 countries. Results of these studies showed wide variation in use of maternal health care. Methodological factors (e.g. inaccurate identification of population in need or range of potential confounders controlled for) played a part in this variation. Differences were also caused by factors related to health-care users (e.g. age, education, medical insurance, clinical risk factors) or to supply of health care (e.g. clinic availability, distance to facility), or by an interaction between such factors (e.g. perceived quality of care). Variation was usually framed by contextual issues relating to funding and organization of health care or social and cultural issues. These findings emphasize the need to investigate and assess context-specific causes of varying use of maternal health care, if safe motherhood is to become a reality in developing countries.

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Utilization of care during pregnancy in rural Guatemala: does obstetrical need matter?

Cited by 144 publications

References 29 publications

Household Decision-making about Delivery in Health Facilities: Evidence from Tanzania

Household Decision-making about Delivery in Health Facilities: Evidence from Tanzania

Frequency and Timing of Antenatal Care Visits and Its Impact on Neonatal Mortality in EAG States of India

A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context

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