Maternal healthcare service utilisation and associated factors among mothers in a rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the level of maternal healthcare service utilisation and related factors to its frequency of care among mothers who gave birth in the previous 2 years before the survey in rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

This study was undertaken in Kindo Didaye, rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia, from February to March 2016.

Participants

Out of 552 who gave birth, 544 (98.5%) mothers aged between 15 and 49 years, selected using two-stage random sampling, participated in the study.

Outcome measures

Maternal healthcare service utilisation frequency and proportion and associated factors.

Result

The proportion of maternal healthcare service utilisation was 59.38% (95% CI: 55.11% to 63.53%), with 50.74% (95%

SUBMITTER: Kumma WP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784373 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature