A discrete choice experiment to determine facility-based delivery services desired by women and men in rural Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Despite global efforts to increase facility-based delivery (FBD), 90% of women in rural Ethiopia deliver at home without a skilled birth attendant. Men have an important role in increasing FBD due to their decision-making power, but this is largely unexplored. This study aimed to determine the FBD care attributes preferred by women and men, and whether poverty or household decision-making are associated with choice to deliver in a facility. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:We conducted a cross-sectional discrete choice experiment in 109 randomly selected households in rural Ethiopia in September-October 2015. We interviewed women who were pregnant or who had a child <2 years old and their male partners. RESULTS:Both women and men preferred health facilities where medications and supplie

SUBMITTER: Beam NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5892734 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature