Uptake of Skilled Maternal Healthcare in Ethiopia: A Positive Deviance Approach.

ABSTRACT: Risk factor approaches are often used when implementing programs aimed at enforcing advantageous health care behaviors. A less frequently-used strategy is to identify and capitalize on those who, despite risk factors, exhibit positive behaviors. The aim of our study was to identify positive deviant (PD) mothers for the uptake of skilled maternal services and to explore their characteristics. Data for the study came from two waves of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 2011 and in 2016. PD mothers were defined as those reporting no formal education but with adequate use of antenatal care (ANC) and/or institutional delivery services. Two-level multilevel regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Factors associated with PD for the use of ANC services were: partne

SUBMITTER: Ousman SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7084325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature