Rural-urban disparity in uptaking skilled antenatal care visits by pregnant women in Bangladesh: Zero and One Inflated Poisson regression model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Utilization of maternal health care services, specifically, antenatal care services from skilled health providers have been given utmost priority in low- and middle-income countries over years with a view of mitigating complications during pregnancy as well as safeguarding the health and survival of both mother and newborn. However, there is a general tendency of pregnant mothers in Bangladesh of receiving skilled antenatal care (SANC) service once, or even never which refrains us to ensure World Health Organization (WHO) recommended eight plus SANC visits, additionally, to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number three.

Objectives

The study aims at assessing how the average number of SANC visits taken by the reproductive women in Bangladesh changes over the

SUBMITTER: Tanvia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11778761 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature