Quality of antenatal care and associated factors in a rural county in Kenya: an assessment of service provision and experience dimensions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to assess the quality of antenatal care (ANC) women received in Migori county, Kenya-including both service provision and experience dimensions-and to examine factors associated with each dimension.

Methods

We used survey data collected in 2016 in Migori county from 1031 women aged 15-49 who attended ANC at least once in their most recent pregnancy. ANC quality service provision was measured by nine questions on receipt of recommended ANC services, and experience of care by 18 questions on information, communication, dignity, and facility environment. We summed the responses to the individual items to generate ANC service provision and experience of care scores. We used both linear and logistic regression to examine predictors.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Afulani PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6781384 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature