Factors associated with intended use of a maternity waiting home in Southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although Ethiopia is scaling up Maternity Waiting Homes (MWHs) to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality, women's use of MWHs varies markedly between facilities. To maximize MWH utilization, it is essential that policymakers are aware of supportive and inhibitory factors. This study had the objective to describe factors and perceived barriers associated with potential utilization of an MWH among recently delivered and pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted between March and November 2014 among 428 recently delivered and pregnant women in the Eastern Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, where an MWH was established for high-risk pregnant women to await onset of labour. The structured questionnaire contained qu

SUBMITTER: Vermeiden T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5775531 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature