Maternal social support and health facility delivery in Southwest Ethiopia.
Abebe Mamo GebretsadikMuluemebet AberaLakew AbebeNicole BergenShifera AsfawGebeyehu BulchaYisalemush AsefaEndale ErkoKunuz Haji BedruMihiretu LakewJaameeta KurjiManisha Ann KulkarniRonald LabonteZewdie BirhanuSudhakar MorankarPublished in: Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique (2022)
Social support was critical to enhance health facility delivery, especially if women's close ties help facility delivery. An intervention to increase facility delivery uptake should target not only the women's general social supports, but also continuous support during childbirth from close ties including family members and close friends as these are influential in place of childbirth. Also actions that increase women's healthcare decision could be effective in improving health facility delivery.
Keyphrases
- social support
- healthcare
- depressive symptoms
- public health
- long term care
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- mental health
- pregnancy outcomes
- health information
- randomized controlled trial
- health promotion
- pregnant women
- physical activity
- breast cancer risk
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- decision making
- health insurance
- birth weight