Disability status and socioeconomic related inequality in receiving quality antenatal care in nine low- and middle-income countries: A multilevel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality of antenatal care (ANC) is a cornerstone to achieving progress in maternal and child health. ANC quality has not been fully explored among women with disability (WwD). We assess socioeconomic inequalities in utilization of quality ANC among reproductive aged women with and without disability.

Methods

This study utilized Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), which is population-based survey conducted nine low-and middle-income countries (LMICs): Mauritania (2019-21), Rwanda (2019-20), South Africa (2016), Mali (2018), Senegal (2019), and Uganda (2016), Cambodia (2021-22), Pakistan (2017-18), and Timor-Leste (2016). Disability status was measured by the Washington Group Short Set questionnaires (WG-SS) and quality of ANC was measured by a validated tool (ANCq

SUBMITTER: Turi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12487303 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature