Antenatal care and perinatal outcomes in Kwale district, Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The importance of antenatal care (ANC) for improving perinatal outcomes is well established. However access to ANC in Kenya has hardly changed in the past 20 years. This study aims to identify the determinants of attending ANC and the association between attendance and behavioural and perinatal outcomes (live births and healthy birthweight) for women in the Kwale region of Kenya.

Method

A Cohort survey of 1,562 perinatal outcomes (response rate 100%) during 2004-05 in the catchment areas for five Ministry of Health dispensaries in two divisions of the Kwale region. The associations between background and behavioural decisions on ANC attendance and perinatal outcomes were explored using univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression models with backwards-

SUBMITTER: Brown CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2254374 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature