Association between early antenatal care and antenatal care contacts across low-and middle-income countries: effect modification by place of residence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The relationship between receiving early antenatal care (ANC) and 8 or more antenatal contacts (ANC8+) has not been well characterised across low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is also unclear whether the association between early ANC and ANC8+ is modified by a woman's place of residence. Our primary aim was to assess the relationship between early ANC and ANC8+ and to investigate whether this relationship was modified by place of residence. We also estimated the coverage of ANC8+ across LMICs.

Methods

We analysed data on 207,388 mothers with a recent live birth using multiple indicator cluster surveys conducted between 2017 and 2020 in 30 LMICS. Modified Poisson regression with robust variance was used to evaluate the relationship between early ANC and A

SUBMITTER: Apanga PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8920740 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature