Continuum of care for maternal health in Uganda: A national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A continuum of maternal care approach can reduce gaps and missed opportunities experienced by women and newborns. We determined the level of coverage and factors associated with the continuum of maternal care in Uganda.

Methods

We used weighted data from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) 2016. We included 10,152 women aged 15 to 49 years, who had had a live birth within five years preceding the survey. Stratified two-stage cluster sampling design was used to select participants. Continuum of maternal care was considered when a woman had at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits, had delivered in a health facility and they had at least one postnatal check-up within six weeks. We conducted multivariable logistic regression analysis to determine facto

SUBMITTER: Sserwanja Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8870527 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature