Prevalence and determinants of maternal healthcare utilisation among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: cross-sectional analyses of demographic and health survey data

Autor: Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Robert Kokou Dowou, Eugene Justine Kongnyuy, Peter Memiah, Hubert Amu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13037-8
Popis: Abstract Background Maternal health constitutes high priority agenda for governments across the world. Despite efforts by various governments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the sub-region still records very high maternal mortality cases. Meanwhile, adequate utilization of maternal healthcare (antenatal care [ANC], skilled birth attendance [SBA], and Postnatal care [PNC]) plays a vital role in achieving improved maternal health outcomes. We examined the prevalence and determinants of maternal healthcare utilization among young women in 28 sub-Saharan African countries using data from demographic and health surveys. Methods This was a cross-sectional study of 43,786 young women aged 15–24 years from the most recent demographic and health surveys of 28 sub-Saharan African countries. We adopted a multilevel logistic regression analysis in examining the determinats of ANC, SBA, and PNC respectively. The results are presented as adjusted Odds Ratios (aOR) for the logistic regression analysis. Statistical significance was set at p
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