Utilization of maternal waiting home and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last one year, Dabat district, Northwest Ethiopia.
Mulugeta Melese ShiferawAgumas Eskezia TiguhAzmeraw Ambachew KebedeBirhan Tsegaw TayePublished in: PloS one (2022)
In this study, maternity waiting home utilization was low. Thus, expanding a strategy to improve women's educational status, health education communication regarding danger signs of pregnancy, empowering women's decision-making power, and shortening the length of stay at maternity waiting homes may enhance maternity waiting home utilization.
Keyphrases
- pregnancy outcomes
- healthcare
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnant women
- decision making
- cervical cancer screening
- public health
- south africa
- risk assessment
- health information
- quality improvement
- insulin resistance
- social media
- preterm birth
- metabolic syndrome
- birth weight
- body mass index
- gestational age
- long term care