Why do rural women in the most remote and poorest areas of Zambia predominantly attend only one antenatal care visit with a skilled provider? A qualitative inquiry.
Choolwe JacobsCharles MicheloMosa MoshabelaPublished in: BMC health services research (2018)
The popularity of ANC attendance once by a skilled provider among the remote and poorest women of Zambia was explained through perceived unavoidable social and economic barriers to care, and the punitive and incentive procedures implemented by health services. Maximising comprehensive care by skilled healthcare workers in the one visit a woman makes at the health facility, may lead to optimal utilisation of quality focused ANC. Enhancing community-based interventions may increase the potential to reach the vulnerable populations.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- primary care
- physical activity
- public health
- pregnant women
- affordable care act
- depressive symptoms
- pregnancy outcomes
- type diabetes
- social support
- health information
- south africa
- acute care
- cervical cancer screening
- insulin resistance
- chronic pain
- climate change
- genetic diversity