The magnitude of preconception care utilization and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays globally a woman dies every two minutes, and a neonate dies even in every 12 s, and more than two-thirds of these maternal deaths are preventable. Preconception care is a continuum of maternity care which is one of the proven strategies to reduce not only maternal mortality and morbidity but also neonatal mortality and morbidity by improving women's health. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the pooled magnitude of preconception care utilization and its associated factors among women in Ethiopia.

Methods

Searching of studies done through PubMed, Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, List of References, and Google Scholar. Duplication of records was removed through the Endnote software manager. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-A

SUBMITTER: Abneh AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11889754 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature