Trial reportBMJ open2019
Factors associated with maternity waiting home use among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Access to maternity waiting home services and its determinants among women in Ethiopia: systematic reviews and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Stakeholders' perspectives on the acceptability and feasibility of maternity waiting homes: a qualitative synthesis.Reproductive health · 2023Pooled 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
- Using Open Public Meetings and Elections to Promote Inward Transparency and Accountability: Lessons From Zambia.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of upgraded maternity waiting homes and local leader training on improving institutional births: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Jimma, Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Determinants of access to maternal healthcare services among women in the Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: an unmatched case‒control study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Maternity Waiting Home Utilization and Associated Factors Among Women Who Had Given Birth in the Hard-to-Reach Region of Western Ethiopia: A Mixed-Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Impact of health literacy on pregnancy outcomes in socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority populations: A scoping review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Article
- Influence of Maternal Waiting Homes in Pregnancy-Related Complications: A Case-Control Study in Sipepa Ward 5, Tsholotsho District Zimbabwe.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Maternity waiting home utilization and associated factors in the rural community of Dangur District, Northwestern Ethiopia: results from a community-based cross-sectional household survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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- Perspectives of pregnant women on the utilisation of a maternity waiting home near Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital in Oshikoto Region, Namibia.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2024Article
- 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
- Utilization and determinants of maternity waiting homes among pastoralist mothers in Dire district, southern Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Magnitude and factors influencing pastoralist women's maternity waiting home utilization in Teltelle district, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 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
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- Utilization of pregnant women waiting area and associated factors among mothers at Damboya District, Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Women's experiences of maternity waiting homes in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative systematic review protocol.JBI evidence synthesis · 2022Article
- 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
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify individual-, household- and community-level factors associated with maternity waiting home (MWH) use in Ethiopia.
designCross-sectional analysis of baseline household survey data from an ongoing cluster-randomised controlled trial using multilevel analyses.
settingTwenty-four rural primary care facility catchment areas in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia.
participants3784 women who had a pregnancy outcome (live birth, stillbirth, spontaneous/induced abortion) 12 months prior to September 2016. OUTCOME MEASURE: The primary outcome was self-reported MWH use for any pregnancy; hypothesised factors associated with MWH use included woman's education, woman's occupation, household wealth, involvement in health-related decision-making, companion support, travel time to health facility and community-levels of institutional births.
resultsOverall, 7% of women reported past MWH use. Housewives (OR: 1.74, 95% CI 1.20 to 2.52), women with companions for facility visits (OR: 2.15, 95% CI 1.44 to 3.23), wealthier households (fourth vs first quintile OR: 3.20, 95% CI 1.93 to 5.33) and those with no health facility nearby or living >30 min from a health facility (OR: 2.37, 95% CI 1.80 to 3.13) had significantly higher odds of MWH use. Education, decision-making autonomy and community-level institutional births were not significantly associated with MWH use.
conclusionsUtilisation inequities exist; women with less wealth and companion support experienced more difficulties in accessing MWHs. Short duration of stay and failure to consider MWH as part of birth preparedness planning suggests local referral and promotion practices need investigation to ensure that women who would benefit the most are linked to MWH services.
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