Bypassing birthing centres for child birth: a community-based study in rural Chitwan Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child delivery in a health facility is important to reduce maternal mortality. Bypassing nearby birthing facility to deliver at a hospital is common in developing countries including Nepal. Very little is known about the extent and determinants of bypassing the birthing centres in Nepal. This study measures the status of bypassing, characteristics of bypassers and their reasons for bypassing.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out in six rural village development committees of Chitwan district of Nepal. Structured interviews were conducted with 263 mothers who had given birth at a health facility and whose nearest facility was a birthing centre. Descriptive statistics, univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis were performe

SUBMITTER: Shah R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5073815 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature