Use of and barriers to maternal health services in southeast Chad: results of a population-based survey 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Chad reports the second highest maternal mortality worldwide. We conducted a survey in Sila region in southeast Chad to estimate the use of maternal health services (MHS) and to identify barriers to access MHS.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional, population-based survey using two-stage cluster sampling methodology. The survey consisted of two strata, Koukou Angarana and Goz Beida district in Sila region. We conducted systematic random sampling proportional to population size to select settlements in each strata in the first sampling stage; and in the second stage we selected households in the settlements using random walk procedure. We calculated survey-design-weighted proportions with 95% CIs. We performed univariate analysis and multivariable logistic regressi

SUBMITTER: Marquis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8905870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature