Home-based records for poor mothers and children in Afghanistan, a cross sectional population based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No studies have examined distribution, retention and use of maternal and child health (MCH) home-based records (HBRs) in the poorest women in low income countries. Our primary objective was to compare distribution of the new Afghanistan MCH HBR (the MCH handbook) to the poorest women (quintiles 1-2) with the least poor women (quintiles 3-5). Secondary objectives were to assess distribution, retention and use of the handbook across wealth, education, age and parity strata.

Methods

This was a population based cross sectional study set in Kama and Mirbachakot districts of Afghanistan from August 2017 to April 2018. Women were eligible to be part of the study if they had a child born in the last 6 months. Multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to ad

SUBMITTER: Saeedzai SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6580634 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature