Why some women who attend focused antenatal care fail to deliver in health facilities: a qualitative study of women's perspectives from slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to explore why some women who attend focused antenatal care (FANC) fail to deliver in health facilities from slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Setting

Public health facilities (three health centres and one district hospital).

Study design

A qualitative exploratory and descriptive research design was used.

Study participants

Study participants comprised women of reproductive age (18-49 years) living in slum areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We used 20 in-depth audio-recorded interviews. Data were analysed concurrently with data collection. Thematic analysis was done for the study. A multilevel life-course framework of facility-based delivery in low-income and middle-income countries developed by Bohren et al was used to

SUBMITTER: Sendo EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780505 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature