Prevalence of early postnatal care services usage and associated factors among postnatal women of Wolkite town, Gurage zone, Southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Early postnatal care service usage in developing countries is one of the healthcare service usage problems among postnatal women, which is related to extensive maternal and neonatal complications and mortality. Identification of the prevalence of early postnatal care services usage and associated factors among postnatal women is imperative to develop intervention measures to mitigate their complications and public health impact, which is not well known in Ethiopia, particularly in the selected study area. Thus, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of early postnatal care services usage and associated factors among postnatal women of Wolkite town, southeast Ethiopia.

Design

A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 301 postnatal women f

SUBMITTER: Yosef Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9843198 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature