Use of maternal health services among women in the ethnic rural areas of western China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of maternal health services can markedly promote the maternal health and safety, but there has been a low utilization rate in the ethnic rural areas of western China. Furthermore, the correlated factors have not been well studied. This study aims to assess factors related to the use of maternal health services among women in these areas.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of 68 villages in China's western Sichuan province was conducted in September 2014. All qualifying women from each sample village were involved. A structured questionnaire was administrated in households through face-to-face interviews by trained enumerators to obtain information of use of maternal health services and related factors. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate t

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425603 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature