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A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines
BACKGROUND: The maternal mortality ratio in the Philippines remains high; thus, it will be difficult to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 5 by 2015. Approximately two-thirds of all maternal deaths occur during the postpartum period. Therefore, we conducted the present study to examine the cur...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085627 |
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author | Yamashita, Tadashi Suplido, Sherri Ann Ladines-Llave, Cecilia Tanaka, Yuko Senba, Naomi Matsuo, Hiroya |
author_facet | Yamashita, Tadashi Suplido, Sherri Ann Ladines-Llave, Cecilia Tanaka, Yuko Senba, Naomi Matsuo, Hiroya |
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description | BACKGROUND: The maternal mortality ratio in the Philippines remains high; thus, it will be difficult to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 5 by 2015. Approximately two-thirds of all maternal deaths occur during the postpartum period. Therefore, we conducted the present study to examine the current state of postpartum health care service utilization in the Philippines, and identify challenges to accessing postpartum care. METHODS: A questionnaire and knowledge test were distributed to postpartum women in the Philippines. The questionnaire collected demographical characteristics and information about their utilization of health care services during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The knowledge test consisted of 11 questions regarding 6 topics related to possible physical and mental symptoms after delivery. Sixty-four questionnaires and knowledge tests were analyzed. RESULTS: The mean time of first postpartum health care visit was 5.1±5.2 days after delivery. Postpartum utilization of health care services was significantly correlated with delivery location (P<0.01). Women who delivered at home had a lower rate of postpartum health care service utilization than women who delivered at medical facilities. The majority of participants scored low on the knowledge test. CONCLUSION: We found inadequate postpartum health care service utilization, especially for women who delivered at home. Our results also suggest that postpartum women lack knowledge about postpartum health concerns. In the Philippines, Barangay health workers may play a role in educating postpartum women regarding health care service utilization to improve their knowledge of possible concerns and their overall utilization of health care services. |
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spelling | pubmed-38965192014-01-24 A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines Yamashita, Tadashi Suplido, Sherri Ann Ladines-Llave, Cecilia Tanaka, Yuko Senba, Naomi Matsuo, Hiroya PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: The maternal mortality ratio in the Philippines remains high; thus, it will be difficult to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 5 by 2015. Approximately two-thirds of all maternal deaths occur during the postpartum period. Therefore, we conducted the present study to examine the current state of postpartum health care service utilization in the Philippines, and identify challenges to accessing postpartum care. METHODS: A questionnaire and knowledge test were distributed to postpartum women in the Philippines. The questionnaire collected demographical characteristics and information about their utilization of health care services during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The knowledge test consisted of 11 questions regarding 6 topics related to possible physical and mental symptoms after delivery. Sixty-four questionnaires and knowledge tests were analyzed. RESULTS: The mean time of first postpartum health care visit was 5.1±5.2 days after delivery. Postpartum utilization of health care services was significantly correlated with delivery location (P<0.01). Women who delivered at home had a lower rate of postpartum health care service utilization than women who delivered at medical facilities. The majority of participants scored low on the knowledge test. CONCLUSION: We found inadequate postpartum health care service utilization, especially for women who delivered at home. Our results also suggest that postpartum women lack knowledge about postpartum health concerns. In the Philippines, Barangay health workers may play a role in educating postpartum women regarding health care service utilization to improve their knowledge of possible concerns and their overall utilization of health care services. Public Library of Science 2014-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3896519/ /pubmed/24465626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085627 Text en © 2014 Yamashita et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yamashita, Tadashi Suplido, Sherri Ann Ladines-Llave, Cecilia Tanaka, Yuko Senba, Naomi Matsuo, Hiroya A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines |
title | A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines |
title_full | A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines |
title_fullStr | A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines |
title_full_unstemmed | A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines |
title_short | A Cross-Sectional Analytic Study of Postpartum Health Care Service Utilization in the Philippines |
title_sort | cross-sectional analytic study of postpartum health care service utilization in the philippines |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085627 |
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