ArticleInternational journal of public health2020
Does unwanted pregnancy lead to adverse health and healthcare utilization for mother and child? Evidence from low- and middle-income countries.
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- The association of psycho-economic factors with postpartum depression without significant medical complications for the mother and infant: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of pregnancy intention on completion of maternity continuum of care in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Association between pregnancy intention and completion of newborn and infant continuum of care in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of cognitive-behavioral counseling on maternal-fetal attachment among pregnant women with unwanted pregnancy in Iran: A randomized clinical Trial.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2023Trial
- Short Birth Intervals and Long-Term Stunting Risk in Indonesian Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the Indonesian Family Life Survey.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Contraceptive use, adherence, and perceptions among women aged 18-45 years in Czechia: a 2019 cross-sectional quota-based online survey.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- The latent determinants of higher order parity births (HOB) in Cheyyar & Tenkasi districts of Tamil Nadu - a qualitative exploration.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2026Article
- Reproductive coercion and violence against women with unplanned pregnancies in Turkiye.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Contraceptive use intention among women in Pakistan: Application of theory of planned behavior.PloS one · 2026Article
- Long-term consequences of unintended pregnancy: Impacts on early childhood growth and development in a multicenter study.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women in Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Domestic violence laws and women's unmet need for family planning: Quasi-experimental evidence from Africa.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Contraceptive experience and factors associated with desire for postpartum family planning among pregnant women of the nkongsamba health district, Littoral Region, Cameroon.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Provincial distribution of unintended pregnancy and its associated factors in Sierra Leone.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Gender disparities in childhood vaccination in India: exploring the role of son preference using NFHS-5 data.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Food consumption score and the Nexus of maternal nutritional status among pregnant women in Gamo Zone, South Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Does unintended birth lead to zero dose of DPT vaccine among children aged 12-23 months in India?Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Pathway linking unwanted pregnancy to low birth weight in Indonesia: A conditional mediation analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- On-demand male contraceptives: gazing at the long road ahead.International journal of impotence research · 2024Article
- Psychometric analysis and linguistic adaptation of the Persian version of Contraceptive Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES-P).BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesUnwanted pregnancy is an important public health concern in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Using a pooled dataset from 48 Demographic Health Surveys conducted in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe (n = 494,778), we examined the effect of unwanted pregnancy on maternal and child healthcare utilization and child health outcomes in LMICs.
methodsWe used logistic regression models to estimate the effect of unwanted pregnancy on antenatal care use, supervised delivery, childhood vaccination and three indicators of child health, viz. stunting (height-for-age), underweight (weight-for-age) and wasting (weight-for-height).
resultsWe found that mothers of children whose pregnancies had been unwanted had a lower probability of attending four or more antenatal care visits by 3.6% (95% confidence interval = 1.9-5.4%) compared to those whose pregnancy was wanted. We did not find significant impacts of unwanted pregnancy on supervised delivery, childhood vaccination uptake or child health indicators.
conclusionsBirth characteristics, household-level determinants and country-level characteristics seem to be more closely related to maternal and child healthcare utilization as well as child health outcomes than whether the pregnancy was wanted or unwanted in LMICs.
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