Improving postnatal checkups for mothers in West Africa: A multilevel analysis
| Autor: | Adenike E. Idowu, Bola Lukman Solanke, Emmanuel O. Amoo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Postnatal Care
Adult Community education Adolescent Maternal Health Psychological intervention Mothers Logistic regression Health Services Accessibility Sierra leone 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Residence Characteristics Childbirth Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Poverty Family Characteristics 030505 public health business.industry fungi Multilevel model General Medicine Cross-Sectional Studies Health Care Surveys Multilevel Analysis Female 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Womenhealth. 58(2) |
| ISSN: | 1541-0331 |
| Popis: | This study examined multilevel factors related to postnatal checkups for mothers in selected West African countries. The study analyzed data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for five West African countries: Sierra Leone (2013), Cote d'Ivoire (2012), Guinea (2012), Niger (2012), and Liberia (2013). The weighted sample sizes were 2125 (Cote d'Ivoire), 2908 (Guinea), 1905 (Liberia), 5660 (Niger), and 3754 (Sierra Leone). The outcome variable was maternal postnatal checkups. The explanatory variables were community and individual/household characteristics. With the use of Stata 12, the chi-square statistic and multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression were applied. More than two-thirds of respondents in Guinea and Niger did not receive a postnatal checkup after their last birth, while in Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, more than half of respondents received a postnatal checkup after their last childbirth. Community characteristics accounted for the following variations in postnatal checkups: 33.9% (Cote d'Ivoire), 37.2% (Guinea), 27.0% (Liberia), 33.5% (Niger), and 37.2% (Sierra Leone). Community factors thus had important relations to use of postnatal care in West Africa. Interventions targeting more community variables, particularly community education and poverty, may further improve postnatal care in West Africa. |
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