Open Access<p>A Culturally Sensitive and Supportive Maternity Care Service Increases the Uptake of Maternity Waiting Homes in Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Desta Workneh Selbana,
Msganaw Derese,
Enatfenta Sewmehone Endalew,
Bosena Tebeje Gashaw
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1179-1411
DOI - 10.2147/ijwh.s268245
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , cross sectional study , confounding , environmental health , family medicine , nursing , demography , sociology , pathology
Maternal delays in utilization of emergency obstetric care are impacting on a high maternal mortality, especially in the poor resource countries including Ethiopia. Different strategies are designed and employed to reduce those maternal delays, and one of such strategies employed to overcome the geographic barriers and improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes is utilization of maternity waiting homes (MWHs). Studies related to the utilization of MWHs and associated factors are limited in Ethiopia and there were none in the study area.