Prevalence of Postnatalcare Utilization and Associated Factors Among Postnatal Mothers in Sodo Zuria District, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia, 2016
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2016-05
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Background: Maternal mortality ratios strongly reflect the overall effectiveness
of health systems. Many low- income developing countries were suffering from
administrative, inadequate financial investment, cultural influences, lack of
education husbands and wives, lack of skilled health personnel and distance of
health facilities. Of which huge maternal mortality ratio (almost more than -half of
deaths) takes place within postnatal period.
Objectives : To assess prevalence of postnatal care utilization and its associated
factors among mothers who delivered within last twelve months in Sodo Zuria
District of Wolaita Zone; Southern Ethiopia, 2015/2016.
Methods: Community based cross-sectional study design was employed among
mother who delivered within last twelve months. A total sample size of 394 was
used. The study was conducted from March to April 2016.
Variables that have
statistically significant at bivariate logistic regression with p-value<0.2 were
entered in to the multiple binary logistic regression model. P-value <0.05 was
considered as statistical significant.
Result: Place of delivery, decision maker for PNC utilization, mothers with one
live and mode of health delivery systems were statistically significant. Mothers
who 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 with
for those their husbands decided about their wives respectively.
Conclusions: Postnatal coverage of the Sodo Zuria district was 77.7% with
93.7% of mothers having information about postnatal care services. Of those
mothers who utilized postnatal services 64.1% attended it within 24 hours after
delivery. The reason for not utilizing of postnatal care in the remaining mothers
was home delivery and lack of decision making about them.
Key words: Postnatal care utilization, utilization of postnatal care
Description
Keywords
Postnatal care utilization, Utilization of postnatal care