ArticleBMJ open2023
Burden of maternal high-risk fertility behaviour on under-five children's health status in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study.
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- High-risk fertility behavior among reproductive age women in extremely high and very high maternal mortality sub-Saharan African countries.Reproduction & fertility · 2026Article
- Trends and determinants of high-risk fertility in Ethiopia from 2011 to 2019 using spatial and decomposition analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High-risk fertility behavior and associated factors among mothers attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Hossana Town, Central Ethiopia Region: facility based cross sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The effect of maternal high-risk fertility behavior on child nutritional status in Sub-Saharan Africa: a propensity score-matched analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Maternal High-Risk Fertility Behavior and Its Associated Factors in Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
- Prevalence of birth before arrival and associated factors among postpartum women in southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- High risk fertility behaviour and health facility delivery in West Africa.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMaternal high-risk fertility behaviours (HRFBs) are common in African countries and can potentially affect child survival. Evidence of the burden of maternal HRFB on under-five children is scant in Ethiopia.
objectiveTo determine the burden of maternal HRFB on under-five children's health status in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia.
designA facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted.
settingAll secondary and tertiary public healthcare centres; that are, one referral and three district hospitals providing comprehensive emergency obstetric care services in the Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia.
participantsThree hundred women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who had undergone childbirth in the 5 years preceding this study and living with at least one child younger than 5 years admitted to public hospitals in Hadiya zone were included.
main outcome measureUnder-five children's health status.
resultsThe overall proportion of maternal HRFB among currently married women was 60.3%, with 35.0% falling into a single high-risk category and 25.3% falling into multiple high-risk categories. Children younger than 5 years born to mothers having HRFB had an increased chance of acute respiratory infections five times, diarrhoea six times, fever eight times, low birth weight six times and a chance of dying before the fifth birthday two times than children born to mothers with no risk. The risks of morbidity and mortality further increased when children were born to mothers falling into multiple high-risk categories.
conclusionsThe overall proportion of maternal HRFB among currently married women was high in the study area. A statistically significant association was seen between maternal HRFB and health outcomes of children younger than 5 years old. Intervening to avert maternal HRFBs through family planning may help to reduce childhood morbidity and mortality.
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