Home delivery practice and its predictors in South Ethiopia.

Dejene HailuHenok TadeleBirkneh Tilahun TadesseAkalewold AlemayehuTeshome AbukaFitsum WoldegebrielAbel GedefawSelamawit MengeshaYusuf Haji

Published in: PloS one (2021)

The prevalence of institutional delivery in the study area has improved from the 2016 Ethiopian Demography Health Survey report of 26%. Uneducated, rural and employed women were more likely to deliver at home. Strategies should be designed to expand access to and utilization of institutional delivery services among the risky groups.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
south africa
polycystic ovary syndrome
mental health
type diabetes
pregnant women
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome