Factors influencing pregnancy care and institutional delivery in rural Mali: a secondary baseline analysis of a cluster-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The vast majority of the 300 000 pregnancy-related deaths every year occur in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Increased access to quality antepartum and intrapartum care can reduce pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. We used a population-based cross-sectional cohort design to: (1) examine the sociodemographic risk factors and structural barriers associated with pregnancy care-seeking and institutional delivery, and (2) investigate the influence of residential distance to the nearest primary health facility in a rural population in Mali.

Methods

A baseline household survey of Malian women aged 15-49 years was conducted between December 2016 and January 2017, and those who delivereda baby in the 5 years preceding the survey were included. This stu

SUBMITTER: Ghosh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015193 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature