Uptake of antepartum care services in a matrilineal-matrilocal society: a study of Garo indigenous women in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The indigenous Garo is a close-knit matrilineal-matrilocal community. This community's expectant mothers receive less antepartum biomedical care, making them prone to maternal mortality. This study developed a conceptual framework to explore how the external environment, personal predispositions, enabling components and perceived antepartum care needs influence and generate a gap in antepartum biomedical care uptake.

Methods

The author used qualitative data from the study area. The data were collected through conducting 24 semi-structured interviews with purposively selected Garo women. After transcribing the data, the author generated the themes, grouped them into two broader domains, and analyzed them using the grounded theory approach.

Results

The emerge

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883956 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature