Utilisation of quality antenatal, delivery and postnatal care services in Nepal: An analysis of Service Provision Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nepal has improved access and utilisation of routine maternal and newborn health (MNH) services. Despite improved access to routine MNH services such as antenatal care (ANC), and delivery and postnatal care (PNC) services, the burden of maternal and neonatal deaths in Nepal remains high. Most of those deaths could be prevented by improving utilisation of evidence-informed clinical MNH interventions. However, little is known on determinants of utilisation of such clinical MNH interventions in health facilities (HFs). This study investigated the determinants of utilisation of technical quality MNH services in Nepal.

Methods

This study used data from the 2015 Nepal Services Provision Assessment. A total of 523 pregnant and 309 postpartum women were included for the a

SUBMITTER: Khatri RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8419903 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature