Maternal autonomy and associated factors in making decision to utilize health service for themselves and neonates in south Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional survey.

Degefa Gomora Tesfaye Yohannes Tekalegn EfaFikreab DestaMulugeta Adugnew GebeyehuSana'a Kedir Abdella

Published in: PloS one (2022)

More than half of the study participants had low maternal decision-making autonomy for their own and their neonates' health service utilization. Being in monogamous marriage, and mode of delivery (Cesarean section) were factors significantly associated with high maternal decision-making autonomy. Encouraging mothers to use facility delivery was recommended.

Keyphrases

decision making
birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
low birth weight
gestational age
weight gain
preterm infants
body mass index
preterm birth