Exposure to family planning messages on social media and its association with maternal healthcare services in Mauritania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mauritania, a lower-middle-income country in Northwest Africa, has one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates worldwide and struggles to ensure optimal use of maternal healthcare services. Raising health awareness through family planning messages can promote maternal healthcare use, potentially reducing preventable maternal and child mortalities. The objective of the study was to assess the potential impact of exposure to family planning messages through social media on the utilization of maternal healthcare services among Mauritanian women.

Methods

Data from the 2019-20 Mauritania Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) on 7,640 women were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression models were applied to examine the associations between exposure to family pl

SUBMITTER: Ghose B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429674 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature