Department of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia
Case Report
Antenatal Care and Health Facility Delivery Practice among Mothers in Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia
Author(s): Yohannes Bacha* and Nejimu Biza
Background: Antenatal Care (ANC) and the attendance of a skilled health worker at birth are fundamental aspects of reproductive health care
that all pregnant mothers should have access to. However, the proportion of mothers attending antenatal care services and levels of facility-based
delivery service utilization were low in developing countries.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study to assess ANC and health facility delivery practice among 208 women who had at least one
birth one year prior to the study in Dupti woreda (district), Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia. The data were collected using interviewer-administered
questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20.0. Chi-Square test of independence was used to determine the
association between ANC use and each of the predictor variables. Bin.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2167-1168.2022.11.522
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