Demand–supply-side barriers affecting maternal health service utilization among rural women of West Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A qualitative study

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the efforts and strategies being applied by the government and the partner organizations to increase maternal health service utilization, maternal health service utilization is low in the general population and very low in rural communities of the West Shoa Zone specifically.

Objective

This study intended to identify and describe barriers contributing to low maternal health service utilization in selected rural districts of the West Shoa Zone of Oromia regional state, Ethiopia, by 2021.

Methods

The study was conducted from February 01 to April 30/2021 in three districts of the West Shoa Zone. The districts were selected purposively based on the report of their last year’s (2020) performance on maternal health service utilization obtained from

SUBMITTER: Shallo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518902 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature