Journal of Nursing & Care

Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia

Publications

• 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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