A qualitative analysis of factors that influence Vietnamese ethnic minority women to seek maternal health care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dien Bien Province in northwest Vietnam is predominantly populated with ethnic minority groups, who experience worse maternal and child health outcomes than the general population. Various factors are associated with maternal health care utilisation in Vietnam, including ethnic minority status, which is recognised as a key determinant of inequity in health outcomes. The aim of this study is to explore how and why ethnic minority women utilise maternal health services, and the factors that influence women and families' decisions to access or not access facility-based care.

Methods

We used a qualitative approach, interviewing primary health care professionals (n = 22) and key informants (n = 2), and conducting focus groups with Thai and Hmong women (n = 42). A thema

SUBMITTER: McKinn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature