Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
ISSN: 2165-7548
Gizachew Tadesse Wassie
Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Emergency Med
Despite significant public health intervention, maternal mortality remains high in low- and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia. Effective postnatal care is a critical service to reduce maternal mortality. In Ethiopia, only 17% of mothers received postnatal care services in 2016. This study examined the association between antenatal care and timely postnatal care checkup among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. The current study included 4,081 women who give birth in the two years preceding the survey. Chi square test and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to examine the association between antenatal care and timely initiation of postnatal care. Postnatal care services within 2 days of delivery were received by 16.5% of women. Women who had at least four timely antenatal care visits had higher odds of timely postnatal checkups compared to women who had no antenatal care [adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR):2.50; 95% CI:1.42–4.42]. Women who had at least four antennal care visits without timely initiation also had higher odds of postnatal check-up than their counterparts (aOR:2.46; 95% CI:1.22–4.97). Other factors significantly associated with timely initiation of PNC were secondary and above education (aOR:1.64; 95% CI:1.03–2.60), perceived distance to the nearby health facility as a significant barrier (aOR:1.55; 95% CI:1.15–2.09), primiparous (aOR:0.34; 95% CI:0.19–0.61) and institutional delivery (aOR:14.55; 95% CI:2.21–95.77). The prevalence of timely initiation of postnatal care in Ethiopia is very low. Women who received recommended antenatal care services had higher odds of timely initiation of postnatal care.
Gizachew Tadesse has completed his Masters at the age of 2018 years from Bahir Dar University and now he is alecturer of Epidemiology in Bahir Dar University. He has published more than 13 papers in reputed journals.