SynthesisBMC research notes2019
The significant association between maternity waiting homes utilization and perinatal mortality in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of Ebola virus disease on maternal health service utilisation and perinatal outcomes in West Africa: a systematic review.Reproductive health · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of maternity waiting homes on perinatal mortality is inconclusive: a critical appraisal of existing evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.BMC research notes · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Preterm Birth on the Risk of Adverse Perinatal and Neonatal Outcomes in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- Increasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi-experimental study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2021Trial
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- Assessing quality of care among maternity waiting home users and non-users in a rural Rwandan hospital.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Husband's intention to support during pregnancy for the use of maternity waiting home in Jimma Zone, Southwest, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Provider and client perspectives on the use of maternity waiting homes in rural Rwanda.Global health action · 2023Article
- Determinants of maternity waiting home utilization among women who gave birth in public health facilities in the Gedeo Zone, southern Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Benefits, barriers and enablers of maternity waiting homes utilization in Ethiopia: an integrative review of national implementation experience to date.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Review
- Comparison of quality, birth outcomes, and service utilization between health facilities with and without maternity waiting homes in Liberia.Midwifery · 2022Article
- If we build it, will they come? Results of a quasi-experimental study assessing the impact of maternity waiting homes on facility-based childbirth and maternity care in Zambia.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes among Maternity Waiting Home Users and Non-Users in Rural Rwanda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Status of institutional-level respectful maternity care: Results from the national Ethiopia EmONC assessment.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2021Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of Community Ownership of a Maternity Waiting Home Model in Rural Zambia.Global health, science and practice · 2020Article
- Acceptability and feasibility of insect consumption among pregnant women in Liberia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Article
- Predictors of Intention to Use Maternity Waiting Home Among Pregnant Women in Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia Using the Theory of Planned Behavior.International journal of women's health · 2020Article
- The effects of maternity waiting homes on the health workforce and maternal health service delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative analysis.Human resources for health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveA proper uptake of maternity waiting homes (MWHs) is important to improve maternal and child health (MCH). The aim of this review is to generate the best existing evidences concerning the MWHs utilization and its impact on perinatal mortality (PNM) among pregnant mothers in Africa. Both relevant quantitative and qualitative studies, investigated and reported from databases were explored. Meta-analysis of the studies was displayed by tables and forest plots. The Stata version 14 was used with the fixed effect model and 95% confidence interval.
resultsIn this review, a total of 68,805 births were recorded in this review. About 1.6% and 7.2% PNM occurred among non-exposed and exposed mothers respectively. Fifty percent of the studies showed there is a significant association between MWHs use and PNM. Meta-analysis revealed that utilizing MWHs have a significant effect in a reducing PNM by 82.5% (80.4%-84.5%), I
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