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    Factors Associated with the Number of Antenatal Care Visits in Four Disadvantaged Regions of Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-06-22) Abate, Tilahun; Temsgen, Shibru (PhD)
    The coverage and the quality of antenatal care play a significant role in maternal health. Antenatal care is crucial to managing preventive measures and identifying potential complications which will occur at birth. The objectiveof the study is to examine the determinant factors of the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics on the frequency of antenatal care attendances in Somalia, Afar, Gambela and BenishangulGumuzregionsof Ethiopia. The2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS), which is obtained from Central Statistical Agency (CSA) were used for this study.A total of 2386 child-bearing mothers were selected. Among the child-bearing mothers who received ANC from skilled providers about 1116 (47.8%) of the child-bearing mothers had not received ANC service during their pregnancy period, while 687 (28.8%) of the child-bearing mothers had received one up to three time ANC service. In total, 583 (24.33%) of childbearing mothers had received 4 and more times ANC service, whereas 1250(52.2%) had visited at least one times). Four models Poisson, negative binomial, zero inflated Poisson and zero-inflated negative binomial regression models were fitted to the data. Zero Inflated Negative Binomial Regression model was found to be relatively better to fit the data.Through the analysis, Husband’s education, literacy, decision maker for healthcare, and media exposure like listening radio, watching television and , Wealth index, and age of women were found to be important factors significantly associated with the use of ANC visits. The average number of ANC visit (2.08) in the four economically disadvantaged regions did not meet the recommended number (at least four) of ANC visits by WHO.From the descriptive statistical result ,it seems that, on average Gambelaregion child-bearing mothers had higher number of ANC visits thanAfar,Somali and BenishangulGumuz regions. There is an indication that there were differences observed among the four regions on the average number of antenatal care visits.Thus we recommend that special needs in promoting ANC across regions should be prioritized and structured for better implementations in all respective regions.