Determinants of postnatal care utilization in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The expansion of primary health care services in Ethiopia made basic health services available and accessible. The Last Ten Kilometers (L10K) project has strengthened the primary health care system through implementing innovative strategies to engage local communities to improve maternal and newborn health care behavior and practices in Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples [SNNP], and Tigray regions over a decade. Despite the efforts of the government and its partners to improve the use of maternal health services, the coverage of postnatal care is persistently low in the country. This study examined the individual and community level determinants for the persistently low uptake of postnatal care in the project areas.

Methods

The study used

SUBMITTER: Tiruneh GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507276 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature