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The prevalence of respectful maternity care during childbirth and its determinants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Respectful maternity care is the provision of woman-centered health care during childbirth that is friendly, abuse-free, timely, and discrimination-free.
Aklilu Habte, Aiggan Tamene, Demelash Woldeyohannes, Fitsum Endale, Biruk Bogale, Addisalem Gizachew   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Continuum of Maternity Care Among Rural Women in Ethiopia: Does Place and Frequency of Antenatal Care Visit Matter? [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2021
Abstract Introduction: The ministry of health (MOH) of Ethiopia recommends 4 or more focused antenatal care (ANC) visits at health centre or at a higher level of health facility. In Ethiopia, few studies investigated time dimension of maternal health continuum of care but lack data regarding place dimension and its effect on continuum of care ...
Tegene Legese Dadi, Girmay Medhin, Habtamu Kebebe Kasaye, Getnet Mitike Kassie, Mulusew Gerbaba Jebena, Wasihun Adualem Gobezie, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Alula Meresa Teklu   +7 more
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High dropout rate from maternity continuum of care after antenatal care booking and its associated factors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey 2016.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundMaternal continuums of care were vital to reducing maternal and neonatal mortalities. While the dropout rate remains high and limited studies were found on risk factors associated with a high dropout rate of the maternal continuum of care ...
Atalay Goshu Muluneh, Getahun Molla Kassa, Geta Asrade Alemayehu, Mehari Woldemariam Merid   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating continuum of maternal and newborn healthcare in Rwanda: evidence from the 2019–2020 Rwanda demographic health survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Access to a complete continuum of maternal and child health care has been recommended globally for better pregnancy outcomes. Hence this study determined the level (pooled prevalence) and predictors of successfully completing continuum of care
Quraish Sserwanja, Ghislaine Gatasi, Milton W. Musaba   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal and household characteristics as determinants of maternal health seeking along the continuum of care in rural Tanzania

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Four antenatal care (ANC) visits, delivery in a health facility, and three postnatal care (PNC) visits are the global recommendations for mothers to optimize maternal health outcomes.[i] While these are each vital to maternal health, most existing studies analyze health seeking behavior for each level separately (ANC, health facility delivery, and PNC),
Larsen, A., Kante, M, Exavery, A, Jackson, E, Phillips, J   +4 more
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Continuum of care in maternal and child health in Indonesia

Primary Health Care Research & Development
Abstract Aim: This paper aims to empirically analyze the socioeconomic and demographic correlates of maternal and child health (MCH) care utilization in Indonesia using the continuum of care (CoC) concept. Background: The concept of CoC has emerged as an important guiding principle in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and
Anu Rammohan, Srinivas Goli, Hoi Chu
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Effectiveness of a continuum of care in maternal health services on the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Heliyon, 2023
Sustainable Development Goals -3 (SDG - 3) were to ensure healthy live and promote well-being by reducing global maternal and neonatal deaths. These were to be implemented through the concept of continuum of care in maternal health program framework to improve health outcomes.
Muluwas Amentie Zelka, Alemayehu Work Yalew, Gurmesa Tura Debelew   +2 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of pregnancy intention on completion of maternity continuum of care in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background The maternity continuum of care is a strategy to provide timely and quality maternal and child healthcare through preconception, pregnancy, childbirth, postnatal, and the early childhood periods.
Birye Dessalegn Mekonnen, Vidanka Vasilevski, Ayele Geleto Bali, Linda Sweet   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges of maternity continuum of care within the primary health care in northwest Ethiopia: interpretive description using a socio-ecological model

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe maternity continuum of care plays a vital role in improving maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, its uptake remains low in Ethiopia, highlighting the need to identify challenges within the primary health care system to inform practice ...
Muhabaw Shumye Mihret, Kassahun Alemu, Debrework Tesgera Beshah, Lemma Derseh Gezie, Kerstin Erlandsson, Kerstin Erlandsson, Helena Lindgren, Helena Lindgren   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source