Why don't illiterate women in rural, Northern Tanzania, access maternal healthcare?

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2017, roughly 540 women in Sub-Saharan Africa died every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. To stem this public-health crisis, the WHO recommends a standard continuity of maternal healthcare, yet most women do not receive this care. Surveys suggest that illiteracy limits the uptake of the recommended care, yet little is understood about why this is so. This gap in understanding why healthcare is not sought by illiterate women compromises the ability of public health experts and healthcare providers to provide culturally relevant policy and practice. This study consequently explores the lived experiences related to care-seeking by illiterate women of reproductive age in rural Tanzania to determine why they may not access maternal healthcar

SUBMITTER: Matovelo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240192 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature