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    Determinants of Postnatal Care Service Utilization in Public Health Center of Kirkose Sub-City Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-03-27) Yemisrach Ayalew; Chalachew Arega (Mr.)
    Postnatal care (PNC) is a period immediately after delivery to six weeks. It is critical but the most ignored period. A large percentage of maternal and neonatal deaths occur during 48 hours following childbirth. Obtaining the recommended three postnatal check-ups within seven days of delivery plays a vital role in preventing maternal and neonatal deaths. So the objective of this study to assess the Determinants of postnatal care service utilization in public health center of kirkos sub city with the method of an institutional-based cross-sectional study design with mixed (quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study was conducted between August and September 2021. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the study subjects. The sample size determined for the study was 399. Out of 399 participant 73.2%, was PNC service utilization while 26.8% did not utilized PNC services. Whose age was between 25 and above years were 0.001 times Adjusted odds ratio [0.001 (0.000, 0.084)], respondents higher and above education were 0.040 times AOR [0.040 (0.002, 0.933)] and respondents who had two Antenatal care visits were 0.036 times Adjusted odds ratio [0.036 (0.003, 0.438)] were significantly associated with Post natal care service utilization (p<0.05). This indicated that PNC service is a major demographic, socio-economic, and reproductive health problem. So, there is a need to creating awareness on sexual and reproductive health, increasing the accessibility of maternal health services for women to improve PNC services.