Determinants of facility based-deliveries among urban slum dwellers of Kampala, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delivery in health facilities is a proxy for skilled birth attendance, which is an important intervention to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. We investigated the determinants of facility based deliveries among women in urban slums of Kampala city, Uganda.

Methods

A cross sectional study using quantitative methods was used. A total of 420 mothers who had delivered in the past one year preceding the survey, were randomly selected and interviewed using a pre-tested interviewer administered questionnaire. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis was done to determine independent predictors of facility based deliveries.

Results

Ninety-five percent of respondents attended at least one antenatal care visit and 66.1%delivered in a health fac

SUBMITTER: Atusiimire LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472760 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature