ArticleInternational journal of women's health2020
A Culturally Sensitive and Supportive Maternity Care Service Increases the Uptake of Maternity Waiting Homes in Ethiopia.
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- 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
- Maternity Waiting Home Interventions as a Strategy for Improving Birth Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Navigating strategies for intercultural maternal and newborn care in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- 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
- Looking into opportunities for maternity continuum of care improvement within the primary health care system in Northwest Ethiopia: primary health care-oriented research.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Qualitative application of the diffusion of innovation theory to maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
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- 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
- Inequalities in use of hospitals for childbirth among rural women in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative analysis of 18 countries using Demographic and Health Survey data.BMJ global 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
- Provider and client perspectives on the use of maternity waiting homes in rural Rwanda.Global health action · 2023Article
- Determinants of maternal healthcare utilisation among pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia: a multi-level analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Knowledge and attitude of women towards maternity waiting homes and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last twelve months in Dega Damot district, northwest Ethiopia.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
- Planning for Maternity Waiting Home Bed Capacity: Lessons from Rural Zambia.Annals of global health · 2022Review
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- Women's Perspectives on Cultural Sensitivity of Midwives During Intrapartum Care at a Maternity Ward in a National Referral Hospital in Zimbabwe.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal delays in utilization of emergency obstetric care are impacting on a high maternal mortality, especially in the poor resource countries including Ethiopia. Different strategies are designed and employed to reduce those maternal delays, and one of such strategies employed to overcome the geographic barriers and improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes is utilization of maternity waiting homes (MWHs). Studies related to the utilization of MWHs and associated factors are limited in Ethiopia and there were none in the study area.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the utilization of maternity waiting homes and associated factors. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted, using multistage sampling technique. Logistic regression analysis with 95% CI for odds ratio (OR) was used to identify significant factors.
resultsA total of 379 women participated in this study, making a response rate of 85%. Of the total participants, 42.5% (95% CI=38-48) of women utilized MWHs. After controlling for potential confounders, women's decision-making capacity (AOR=12.74; 95% CI=6.18-26.26), women having someone who can care for their children and/or husband at home (AOR=2.71; 95% CI=1.44-5.09), MWHs offering food service (AOR=4.03; 95% CI=2.07- 7.85), offering and/or allowing women to practice their own cultural ceremony (allowing to cook their own food type, porridge, coffee, etc) (AOR=9.55; 95% CI=4.45-20.47), and women's attitude towards MWHs (AOR=0.09; 95% CI=0.03-0.23) were factors significantly associated with the utilization of MWHs.
conclusionCompared to its contribution in reducing maternal and perinatal mortality, the utilization of MWHs was low in this study area. The integration of culturally sensitive and supportive maternity services, along with community participatory approach, would increase utilization of MWHs and consequently contribute in achieving the SDGs related to maternal and neonatal health.
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