Burden of maternal high-risk fertility behaviour on under-five children's health status in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal high-risk fertility behaviours (HRFBs) are common in African countries and can potentially affect child survival. Evidence of the burden of maternal HRFB on under-five children is scant in Ethiopia.

Objective

To determine the burden of maternal HRFB on under-five children's health status in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia.

Design

A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted.

Setting

All secondary and tertiary public healthcare centres; that are, one referral and three district hospitals providing comprehensive emergency obstetric care services in the Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia.

Participants

Three hundred women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who had undergone childbirth in the 5 years preceding this study and living with

SUBMITTER: Kusheta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277031 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature