Health care seeking behaviour during pregnancy, delivery and the postnatal period in Bangladesh: Assessing the compliance with WHO recommendations

Midwifery
M Mofizul Islam, Mohammad Shahed Masud

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends four antenatal care (ANC) visits, delivery in a health facility and three postnatal care (PNC) visits for women to optimize the maternal health outcomes. To examine the level and determinants of maternal health care seeking behaviour during pregnancy, delivery and the postnatal period, and assess the compliance with the WHO recommended levels of care in Bangladesh. The study is based on secondary analysis of the data obtained from the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS). The 2014 BDHS was a cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of 17,863 ever-married women aged 15-49 years. The sample was selected following a two-stage stratified cluster sampling design. The dataset from a subsample of 4.627 ever-married women who had delivered their last birth within three years before the survey were included in the analysis to meet the objectives of the study. Descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression model were used for data analysis. It has been observed that only 31% mothers had recommended four or more ANC visits, 37% births were delivered at health facilities, and 65% mothers received at least one PNC visit. Only 18.0% mothers receive...Continue Reading

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