| Autor: |
Bakary Kinteh, Amadou Barrow, Musa Nget, Ebrima Touray, Jainaba Touray, Sambou L. S. Kinteh, Mansour Badjie, Solomon P. S. Jatta |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Advances in Public Health, Vol 2022 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2314-7784 |
| DOI: |
10.1155/2022/3558676 |
| Popis: |
Background. Maternal and child health in The Gambia is a trending public health burden. The postnatal period is critical and vital to the lives and health of the maternal mothers and their newborns, and pieces of evidence deduced that a majority of maternal and newborn deaths occur during this period. Hence, this research aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of postnatal care utilization across women in rural Gambia. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional design was conducted in January 2020, with 265 women of childbearing age were recruited from the selected households in rural communities across the Upper River Region (URR), Gambia, using multistage sampling technique. A structured-interview questionnaire was developed to elicit contextual sociodemographic characteristics regarding the use of postnatal care. Percentages, chi-square/Fisher’s exact test for variables with p value ≤0.15 were considered for inclusion into the logistic regression model. The significance level was set at p |
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