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Antenatal care in practice: an exploratory study in antenatal care clinics in the Kilombero Valley, south-eastern Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2011
Background The potential of antenatal care for reducing maternal morbidity and improving newborn survival and health is widely acknowledged. Yet there are worrying gaps in knowledge of the quality of antenatal care provided in Tanzania.
Kessy Flora, Schellenberg Joanna, Gross Karin, Pfeiffer Constanze, Obrist Brigit   +4 more
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‘Golden age’ versus ‘bad old days’: A discursive examination of advice-giving in antenatal classes [PDF]

, 2010
Childbirth is seen as a medical event, and pregnancy, a time when parents-to-be are in need of advice. This article provides a discursive analysis of how such advice is given in antenatal classes. Using audio-recorded data from National Childbirth Trust (
Mary Horton-Salway, Abigail Locke, Horton-Salway, Mary, Locke, Abigail   +3 more
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Trend change in delayed first antenatal care visit among reproductive-aged women in Ethiopia: multivariate decomposition analysis

Reproductive Health, 2022
Background Early first antenatal care visit is a critical health care service for the well-being of women and newborn babies. However, many women in Ethiopia still start their first antenatal care visit late.
Asaye Alamneh Gebeyehu, Achenef Asmamaw Muche, Mehari Woldemariam, Chalachew Yenew, Getaneh Atikilt, Minwuyelet Andualem, Amare Mebrat   +6 more
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How Mistimed and Unwanted Pregnancies Affect Timing of Antenatal Care Initiation in three Districts in Tanzania [PDF]

, 2013
Early antenatal care (ANC) initiation is a doorway to early detection and management of potential complications associated with pregnancy. Although the literature reports various factors associated with ANC initiation such as parity and age, pregnancy ...
Hingora, Ahmed, Senga Pemba, Exavery, Amon, Godfrey Mbaruku, Kanté, Almamy Malick, Exavery Amon, Pemba Senga, Amon Exavery, Mbaruku Godfrey, Phillips, James F., Mbaruku, Godfrey, Phillips James F, Phillips, James F, James F Phillips, Pemba, Senga, Kanté Almamy Malick, Hingora Ahmed, Almamy Malick Kanté, Ahmed Hingora   +18 more
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Compliance with focused antenatal care services: do health workers in rural Burkina Faso, Uganda and Tanzania perform all ANC procedures? [PDF]

, 2011
\ud \ud To assess health workers' compliance with the procedures set in the focused antenatal care (ANC) guidelines in rural Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso; to compare the compliance within and among the three study sites; and to appraise the logistic
Arinaitwe Moses, Conrad, Paul, Malabika Sarker, Moses, Arinaitwe, Silvia Kirenga, Kirenga, Silvia, Olaf Müller, Schmid, Gerhrd, Tientrebeogo, Justin, Justin Tientrebeogo, Florian Neuhann, Neuhann, Florian, Müller, Olaf, Sarker, Malabika, Paul Conrad, Gerhrd Schmid   +15 more
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High ANC coverage and low skilled attendance in a rural Tanzanian district: a case for implementing a birth plan intervention. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, more than 90% of all pregnant women attend antenatal care at least once and approximately 62% four times or more, yet less than five in ten receive skilled delivery care at available health units. We conducted a qualitative study
Cousens, Simon, Campbell, Oona MR, Magoma, Moke, Requejo, Jennifer, Campbell Oona MR, Jennifer Requejo, Filippi, Veronique, Campbell, Oona M R, Veronique Filippi, Magoma Moke, Requejo Jennifer, Moke Magoma, Cousens Simon, Simon Cousens, Filippi Veronique, Oona MR Campbell   +15 more
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From Pregnancy to Postpartum: The Role of Maternal Anxiety and Depression in Breastfeeding Duration and Exclusivity After High- and Low-Risk Pregnancies

Psychiatry International
This study investigated the impact of maternal psychological factors—specifically anxiety and depression—on breastfeeding outcomes in women with high-risk and low-risk pregnancies.
Maria Dagla, Panagiota Brani, Eirini Tomara, Artemisia Kokkinari, Sevasti Louverdi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends and determinants of an acceptable antenatal care coverage in Ethiopia, evidence from 2005-2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey; Multivariate decomposition analysis

Archives of Public Health, 2020
Background an acceptable antenatal care (ANC4+) is defined as attending at least four antenatal care visit, received at least one dose of tetanus toxoid (TT) injections and consumed 100 iron-folic acids (IFA) tablets/syrup during the last pregnancy ...
Tilahun Yemanu Birhan, Wullo Sisay Seretew   +1 more
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Factors Associated with Readiness to VCT Service Utilization among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Northwestern Ethiopia: A Health Belief Model Approach. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: One of the consequences of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in women is the transmission of the virus to their children. Voluntary counseling and testing is an entry point for prevention of mother to child transmission).
Amberbir, Alemayehu, Moges, Zinash
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Mothers’ Body Appreciation and Postpartum Self-Esteem in Relation to Body Changes and Breastfeeding Difficulties: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Cyprus

Nursing Reports
Objectives: This study explores the effect of pregnancy weight gain, acceptance of body changes, and breastfeeding difficulties on mothers’ self-esteem and body appreciation during the postpartum period.
Anastasia Kalli, Maria Iliadou, Ermioni Palaska, Sevasti Louverdi, Calliope Dagla, Eirini Orovou, Maria Dagla   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source