Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access

Abstract

Institutional Delivery Service Utilization and Associated Predictors among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last Two Years in Pastoralist Hammer District, Southern Regional State, Ethiopia

Mintesinot Melka and Tsegaye Alemu*

Institutional delivery service utilization is critical in prevention of maternal death. However, proportion of women utilizing Institutional delivery service in country in general and in southern nation in particular is very low. Reduction of maternal death is global priority particularly in developing countries including Ethiopia, where maternal mortality is one of the highest in the world. Low institutional delivery utilization in pastoralist areas of Ethiopia caused by different factors. To assess institutional delivery utilization and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last two years in pastoralist, Hammer district, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia. Communities based cross sectional study with internal comparison were conducted. All women residing in the area at least for five months and who had delivered in the last two years were included in the study. Only 23.4% of the mothers gave birth to their last baby in the health facility. Residential set up (AOR=2.485, 95% CI: 1.325,4.659), maternal education (AOR=0.237, 95% CI: (0.09,0.622)), age at first pregnancy (AOR=1.83, 95% CI: 0.77,4.348), ANC follow up (AOR=0.062, 95% CI: 0.019,0.201) and total number of live birth (AOR=22.3, 95% CI: (2.75,181.59)) had significant associations with institutional delivery service utilization (p<0.5). Institutional Delivery is unacceptably low in the study area. To make impact, there is need of integration of high impact intervention to tackle factors hindering institutional delivery in this pastoralist community and maximize strategies to increase qualities of ANC, maternal education and birth space.

Published Date: 2022-10-03; Received Date: 2022-09-01