Open AccessIntention to Use and Predictors of Use of Maternity Waiting Home among Pregnant Women in Hargeisa City Health Centers, Somaliland
Author(s) -
Mohamed Aden,
Telake Azale,
Chalie Tadie Tsehay
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s358952
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , cross sectional study , multivariate analysis , statistical significance , family medicine , referral , demography , health facility , bivariate analysis , environmental health , population , health services , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) can help women receive the necessary obstetric care and referral if needed. However, there is a lack of evidence on whether women have the desire to stay away from their homes and the sociocultural predictors of their decision in Somaliland.