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Women decision-making autonomy on maternal health service and associated factors in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The lingering impacts of COVID-19 on older women in Kenya and Uganda: A quantitative analysis of health, wellbeing, and WASH insecurity.Journal of public health research · 2026Article
- The Ethics of Clinical Research on Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn: Balancing Benefit-Risk, Autonomy, and Maternal-Fetal Interests.American journal of perinatology · 2026Review
- Unveiling hidden heterogeneity and inequalities in the continuum of care for reproductive, maternal, and child health services in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel latent class analysis approach.Global epidemiology · 2026Article
- Her Health Behavior, Her Choice? Decision-Making Power Over Key Health and Nutrition Behaviors Among Pregnant and Lactating Women in Jordan.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Observational
- Women's decision-making autonomy and early antenatal care initiation in Ghana: a propensity score-matched analysis.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Determinants of women's autonomy in healthcare decision-making in Somalia: evidence from the 2020 demographic and health survey.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Time to first birth and its determinants among female youths in Ethiopia using accelerated failure time shared frailty models.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence, Determinants, and Barriers to Reproductive Health Decision-Making Autonomy Among Married Women in Rural Parts of Seden Sodo District, Southwest Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Zero-inflated negative binomial modelling of antenatal care utilization and it's predictors in Somaliland:Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Association Between Maternal Autonomy and Maternal Well-Being During Postpartum Confinement Among Primiparous Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Magnitude of Modern Contraceptive Use and Its Determinants Among Sexually Active Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Selected High HIV Prevalence Southern African Countries: A Multilevel Mixed-Effect Analysis.Open access journal of contraception · 2026Article
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- The role of significant others in the inadequate use of maternal healthcare among married women in Uganda: a secondary analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- What compels enrollment in a mobile maternal health wallet? A mixed-methods doer/non-doer analysis in Analamanga, Madagascar.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Gender inequity in postpartum hemorrhage: A public health issue.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025Article
- Spatial heterogeneities in women's adherence to sulfadoxine pyrimethamine prophylaxis in Tanzania: Findings from the 2022 TDHS-MIS.IJID regions · 2025Article
- Codevelopment of a Shared Decision-Making Resource Platform for Women and Girls in 3 Low- and Middle-Income Countries (ENGAGEEs): Protocol for a Participatory Research Project.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Geographical Distance, Socioeconomic Deprivation, and Educational Level Shape Access to Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy in a Southern Region of Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of women's empowerment on lowering the number of children ever born in Bangladesh.BMC women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study was done to determine the overall estimate of decision-making autonomy on maternal health services and associated factors in low- and middle-income countries.
methodPubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Scopus, and the Ethiopian University online library were searched. Data were extracted using Microsoft Excel and analyzed using STATA statistical software (version 14). Publication bias was checked by forest plot, Begg's rank test, and Egger's regression test. To look for heterogeneity,
resultsOut of 1305 articles retrieved, 19 studies (with 104,871 study participants) met eligibility criteria and were included in this study. The pooled prevalence of women's decision-making autonomy on maternal health services in low- and middle-income countries was 55.15% (95% confidence interval: 44.11-66.19;
conclusionDecision-making autonomy on maternal health services in low- and middle-income countries was low. Sociodemographic factors also influenced it. Educational accessibility and income generation should have been recommended, enabling women to decide for themselves.
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