Skilled birth attendance and its associated factors in Chad and Nigeria: A multilevel analysis of DHS data.

ABSTRACT: In the year 2020, Worldwide, 211 maternal deaths occurred per 100,000 livebirths. In particular, Chad and Nigeria report extremely high (>1000) maternal mortality. Despite this, there has been limited research on skilled birth attendance (SBA) and its factors in Chad and Nigeria. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of SBA and associated factors among women of reproductive age in extremely high maternal mortality countries. This study is a secondary data analysis based on the Demographic and Health Survey Chad 2014-15, Nigeria 2018, involving 52,666 study participants. We used Stata version 17.0 to analyze the data. A mixed-effects binary logistic regression model was employed to account for the hierarchical structure of the data. An odds ratio along with a 95% CI were gene

SUBMITTER: Negash WD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12694868 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature