Journal article
Poor linkages in maternal health care services' evidence on antenatal care and institutional delivery from a community-based longitudinal study in Tigray region, Ethiopia
YA Melaku, B Weldearegawi, FH Tesfay, LF Abraham, A Aregay, Y Ashebir, F Eshetu, A Haile, Y Lakew, J Kinsman
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | BMC | Published : 2014
Open access
Abstract
Background: Progress towards attaining the maternal mortality and maternal health targets set by Millennium Development Goal 5 has been slow in most African countries. Assessing antenatal care and institutional delivery service utilization and their determinants is an important step towards improving maternal health care services. Methods: Data were drawn from the longitudinal database of Kilite-Awlaelo Health and Demographic Surveillance System. A total of 2361 mothers who were pregnant and who gave birth between September 2009 and August 2013 were included in the analysis. Potential variables to explain antenatal care and institutional delivery service utilization were extracted, and descr..
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Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)
Funding Acknowledgements
The study was Funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) in accordance with the EPHA-CDC Cooperative Agreement No. 5U22/PS022179_10 and Mekelle University, for which the investigators are grateful. We want to express our gratitude to the study participants, data collectors and supervisors working in the surveillance system. We are also grateful for the support we received from the INDEPTH network.