Exploring the association between multidimensional poverty and antenatal care utilization in two provinces of Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although global poverty rates have declined in the last decade, the fall in the Asia-Pacific region has been slow relative to the rest of the world. Poverty continues to be a major cause of poor maternal and newborn health, and a barrier to accessing timely antenatal care. Papua New Guinea has one of the highest poverty rates and some of the worst maternal and neonatal outcomes in the Asia-Pacific region. Few studies have investigated equity in antenatal care utilization in this setting. We explored equity in antenatal care utilization and the determinants of service utilization, which include a measure of multidimensional poverty in Papua New Guinea.

Methods

To explore the association between poverty and antenatal care utilization this study uses data from a ten-

SUBMITTER: Saweri OPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367756 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature