Determinants of continued maternal care seeking during pregnancy, birth and postnatal and associated neonatal survival outcomes in Kenya and Uganda: analysis of cross-sectional, demographic and health surveys data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine how maternal and sociodemographic factors determine continued care-seeking behaviour from pregnancy to postnatal period in Kenya and Uganda and to determine associated neonatal survival outcomes.

Design

A population-based analysis of cross-sectional data using multinomial and binary logistic regressions.

Setting

Countrywide, Kenya and Uganda.

Participants

Most recent live births of 24 502 mothers within 1-59 months prior to the 2014-2016 Demographic and Health Surveys.

Outcomes

Care-seeking continuum and neonatal mortality.

Results

Overall, 57% of the mothers had four or more antenatal care (ANC) contacts, of which 73% and 41% had facility births and postnatal care (PNC), respectively. Maternal/paternal education versus no ed

SUBMITTER: Arunda MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672021 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature