Global Health Action, 2022 Background In Uganda, the uptake of maternal health services is very low, with only 41.1% of pregnant adolescent girls attending the eight antenatal visits that are recommended by the World Health Organisation.
Samuel Nambile Cumber +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Background Continuum of care is an effective strategy to ensure that every woman receives a series of maternal health services continuously from early pregnancy to postpartum stages. The community perceptions regarding the use of maternal services across
Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh +3 more
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Maternal Health Services in Pakistan
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2023 Background: Women must be provided with necessary health services for a child's good health and future during pregnancy. Women's health has experienced a considerable epidemiological change during the past several decades. Maternal well-being and health affect not only the developed world but predominantly the developing nations.
A. Ilyas
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Satisfaction with maternal health services and associated factors among parents in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionSatisfaction with maternal health services serves as a vital indicator of the overall quality of care and significantly influences child healthcare outcomes.
Agerie Mengistie Zeleke +3 more
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Association between socioeconomic status and the utilization of maternal health services in Nigeria [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2023 Background: Maternal health is the mother's state of well-being before, during, and after conception. Studies have suggested that the increasing maternal mortality rate is preventable provided maternal health services are accessible during pregnancy ...
Bukola T Maitanmi +5 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities and determinants of maternal health services in Shaanxi Province, Western China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Prenatal health care interventions are effective ways to improve maternal and neonatal health. There have been few large investigations conducted on the inequalities in maternal health services utilization in Shaanxi Province of west China since the ...
Ruo Zhang +8 more
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Cultural and religious structures influencing the use of maternal health services in Nigeria: a focused ethnographic research. [PDF]
Reprod HealthCultural and religious structures encompass a set pattern of values, beliefs, systems and practices that define a community's behaviour and identity.
Opara UC, Iheanacho PN, Petrucka P.
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Predictors of maternal health services uptake in West African region: a multilevel multinomial regression analysis of demographic health survey reports. [PDF]
Reprod HealthPursuant to studies, receiving the three key maternal health services (Antenatal Care, Skilled Delivery Service, and Postnatal Care) in a continuum could prevent 71% of global maternal deaths.
Habte A, Hailegebreal S, Simegn AE.
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Inequalities in utilization of maternal health services in Ethiopia: evidence from the PMA Ethiopia longitudinal survey [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundPrevious studies documented the existence of substantial inequalities in the utilization of maternal health services across different population subgroups in Ethiopia.
Asebe Hagos +7 more
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Reducing maternal mortality remains a global priority. In 2000, the United Nations Member States pledged to work towards a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in which the fifth target was to reduce maternal mortality ratio by 75 ...
Pengyu Zhao +5 more
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