Predictors of Optimal Antenatal Care Service Utilization Among Adolescents and Adult Women in Bangladesh.
Nausad AliMarufa SultanaNurnabi SheikhRaisul AkramRashidul Alam MahumudMuhammad AsaduzzamanAbdur Razzaque SarkerPublished in: Health services research and managerial epidemiology (2018)
Other than education and income, several other factors including mass -media, place of residence, working status, and geographical variations were significantly associated with recommended ANC. These findings might help health-care programmers and policy makers for initiating appropriate policy and programs for ensuring optimal ANC coverage for all. Ensuring adequate ANC regardless of economic status and residence of pregnant women could guarantee universal maternal health-care coverage as devoted to a national strategic guideline.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- pregnant women
- pregnancy outcomes
- affordable care act
- public health
- mental health
- quality improvement
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- physical activity
- health insurance
- preterm birth
- health information
- birth weight
- insulin resistance
- palliative care
- social media
- body mass index
- chronic pain
- cervical cancer screening
- young adults