Prevalence of Postnatalcare Utilization and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers in Sodo Zuria District, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia, 2016
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2016-05
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Maternal mortality ratios strongly reflect the overall effectivenessof health systems. Many low- income developing countries were suffering fromadministrative, inadequate financial investment, cultural influences, lack ofeducation husbands and wives, lack of skilled health personnel and distance ofhealth facilities. Of which huge maternal mortality ratio (almost more than -half ofdeaths) takes place within postnatal period.
Objectives : To assess prevalence of postnatal care utilization and its associatedfactors among mothers who delivered within last twelve months in Sodo ZuriaDistrict of Wolaita Zone; Southern Ethiopia, 2015/2016.
Methods: Community based cross-sectional study design was employed amongmother who delivered within last twelve months. A total sample size of 394 wasused. The study was conducted from March to April 2016.Variables that havestatistically significant at bivariate logistic regression with p-value<0.2 wereentered in to the multiple binary logistic regression model. P-value <0.05 wasconsidered as statistical significant.
Result: Place of delivery, decision maker for PNC utilization, mothers with onelive and mode of health delivery systems were statistically significant. Motherswho decided to follow PNC by their own and with their husband were 14.08 times[AOR=14.08, 95% CI: (2.278-86.980)] and 4.74 times [AOR=4.74, 95% CI:(1.179-19.039] more likely utilized postnatal care follow up as compared withfor those their husbands decided about their wives respectively.
Conclusions: Postnatal coverage of the Sodo Zuria district was 77.7% with93.7% of mothers having information about postnatal care services. Of thosemothers who utilized postnatal services 64.1% attended it within 24 hours afterdelivery. The reason for not utilizing of postnatal care in the remaining motherswas home delivery and lack of decision making about them.
Key words: Postnatal care utilization, utilization of postnatal care
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Postnatal care utilization Utilization of postnatal care