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Why some women who attend focused antenatal care fail to deliver in health facilities: a qualitative study of women's perspectives from slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Endalew Gemechu SendoM E ChaukeM Ganga-Limando
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
The findings of this qualitative study revealed that perceived benefits of home delivery, knowledge deficit about health facility-based delivery, poor access to healthcare facilities and inadequate (demand side) resources were related to low uptake of facility-based delivery services. Use of ANC visits to advise women about birth preparedness and complication readiness, the use of facility deliveries to reduce risks of home delivery to the mother and the newborn should be stressed.
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