Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Department of Environmental Health Science, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Postnatal Care Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Women in Goba Woreda, Bale Zone, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Yonas Lamore*
  
  Background: Postnatal care of mothers is essential to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality. Providing postnatal care to recently delivered mothers is quite essential. The aim of the study was to determine the postnatal care utilization and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last 12 months in Goba woreda, Bale Zone, Ethiopia, 2017. Methodology: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from March to April, 2017. Lottery method was employed to select the study participants. Binary and multivariable logistic regressions analysis was computed to evaluate the factors associated with postnatal care services utilization. Result: In this study a total of four hundred twenty-two women were interviewed with a response rate of 100%. Of the total respondents, 178 (42.2%) utilized .. View more»
  

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