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    Assessment of Factors Affecting Utilization of Institutional Delivery Services among Child Bearing Age Women in Hadiyya Zone,SNNPR,Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2012-05) Lelago Tadesse; Dessalegn Berhanu(Bsc)
    Background: A women‘s health is critical to her own life, and to the well-being of her family and the economy of her community and her country. About 99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries. Yet, most of these deaths could be avoided, if preventive measures were taken and adequate care was made. Objective: To assess factors affecting utilization of institutional delivery service among child bearing age women in Hadiyya zone SNNPR. Methodology: A cross sectional quantitative study was conducted among women who gave birth with in the last three years preceding the survey in Hadiyya zone, SNNPR. Concerning to sampling procedure a cluster sampling method was used to reach the eligible women in the randomly selected study area. Data was collected by interview administered semi-structured questionnaire by trained HEWs who able to speak local language. Data was entered at Epinfo version 3.4 software and exported to SPSS software version 16 for analyses. Result: A total of 414 women who had given at least one birth in the preceding three years before the survey were interviewed giving response rate of 98.8%. Even though majority of the mothers(86.2%) received ANC, only 24.6% of them delivered at health facilities and the rest (76.4%) delivered at home with the help of relatives or TBAs which revealed gap between ANC and delivery care utilization. The multivariate analysis revealed that women's residences, educational status, age, knowledge of danger signs, ANC frequency, and satisfactory attitude to institutional delivery were the major factors that affect maternal utilization of institutional delivery. Conclusion and recommendation: Findings of this study demonstrated that utilization of institutional delivery care among child bearing age women in Hadiyya zone is low. So promotion of maternal education, antenatal care, information education and communication on obstetric risks and general health service expansion were recommended