ArticleWomen's health (London, England)
Non-utilization of postnatal care and its associated factors among women who gave birth in rural districts of Northern Ethiopia: A community-based mixed-method study.
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- Health system responsiveness for maternal healthcare services in East Africa: a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to maternal healthcare in East Africa: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis of perspectives from women, their families, healthcare providers, and key stakeholders.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Postnatal care services utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa countries: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Inequalities in the completion of maternal continuum of care in Ethiopia using the 2019 mini-Ethiopian demographic and health survey.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Postnatal care service utilisation and associated factors among multiparous women in Buyamba County, Rakai District Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
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- Barriers and enablers to postnatal care utilization in the Oshana region of Namibia: A qualitative study.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2025Article
- Non-utilization of selected newborn postnatal care and associated factors among postpartum women in East Africa: a multilevel mixed-effect analysis using the most recent DHS data 2016-2023.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Predicting risk factors of non-utilisation of postnatal care in three neighbouring East African countries: application of the decision tree.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Early postnatal care uptake and its associated factors following childbirth in East Africa-a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and determinants of adequate postnatal care in Ethiopia: evidence from 2019 Ethiopia mini demographic and health survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Factors associated with utilization of physical therapy services during pregnancy and after childbirth.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Post-natal care: a vital chance to save mothers and infants! Exploring barriers and factors associated with it: a mixed study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study assessed the non-utilization of PNC services, identified factors associated with PNC non-utilization, and explored barriers to PNC utilization in the rural community.
methodA community-based mixed-cross-sectional study was conducted from 20 March to 20 April 2020 among 521 women who gave birth in the last 12 months prior to this survey. A multistage sampling and face-to-face interview techniques were used for the quantitative data collection, and a purposive sampling technique was used to select the study participants. In-depth interviews were used for the qualitative data collection. The quantitative data were entered into EpiData version 3.1 and then exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. A binary logistic regression analysis was used to test the association between the independent and outcome variables. A
resultThe non-utilization of postnatal care was found to be 75.4% in the area. Normal delivery, fewer than four antenatal care visits, inaccessibility to transportation, and poor knowledge of postnatal care were all identified as factors enhancing non-utilization of postnatal care. However, being informed about postnatal care positively influences postnatal care utilization. Poor awareness, information gaps, cultural and religious beliefs, service inaccessibility, and the unfriendly approach of healthcare workers were all explored as barriers in the qualitative study.
conclusionsThe non-utilization of PNC services in this study was higher than the majority, but not all, of the previous comparable local and worldwide findings. Mode of delivery, hearing postnatal care information, the number of antenatal visits, transportation availability, and knowledge of postnatal care services were factors affecting the non-utilization of postnatal care. The clients' poor awareness, information gaps, cultural and religious beliefs, service inaccessibility, and healthcare staff's inauspicious approach were barriers explored. Therefore, counseling and transportation access need to be reinforced in the setting.
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