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Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Unacceptably high maternal mortality rates remain a challenge in developing countries such as Tanzania. Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness is among the key interventions that can reduce maternal mortality. Despite this, its status in Tanzania is not well documented. We assesse...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4447013/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25981513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-015-0041-8 |
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author | Bintabara, Deogratius Mohamed, Mohamed A. Mghamba, Janneth Wasswa, Peter Mpembeni, Rose N.M |
author_facet | Bintabara, Deogratius Mohamed, Mohamed A. Mghamba, Janneth Wasswa, Peter Mpembeni, Rose N.M |
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description | BACKGROUND: Unacceptably high maternal mortality rates remain a challenge in developing countries such as Tanzania. Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness is among the key interventions that can reduce maternal mortality. Despite this, its status in Tanzania is not well documented. We assessed the practice and determinants of Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in Chamwino district, Central Tanzania. METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted to women who delivered two years prior to survey in January 2014 at Chamwino district, Tanzania. Woman was considered as prepared for birth and its complication if she reported at least three of these; know expected date of delivery, saved money, identified a skilled birth attendant/health facility, mode of transport and Identified two compatible blood donors. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed at P value < 0.05 level of significance. RESULTS: We interviewed 428 women whose median age (IQR) was 26.5 (22–33) years. About 249 (58.2 %) of the respondents were considered as prepared for birth and its complications. After controlling for confounding and clustering effect, significant determinants of birth preparedness and complication readiness were found to be maternal education (AOR = 2.26, 95 % CI; 1.39, 3.67), spouse employment (AOR = 2.18, 95 % CI; 1.46, 3.25), booking at ANC (AOR = 2.03, 95 % CI; 1.11, 3.72), Four or more antenatal visits, (AOR = 1.94, 95 % CI; 1.17, 3.21) and knowledge of key danger signs (AOR = 4.16, 95 % CI; 2.32, 7.45). Prepared for birth was found to be associated with institutional delivery (AOR = 2.45, 95 % CI; 1.12, 5.34). CONCLUSION: The proportion of women who prepared for birth and its complications were found to be low. District reproductive and child health coordinator should emphasis on early and frequent antenatal care visits, since they were among predictors of birth preparedness and complication readiness. |
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spelling | pubmed-44470132015-05-29 Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study Bintabara, Deogratius Mohamed, Mohamed A. Mghamba, Janneth Wasswa, Peter Mpembeni, Rose N.M Reprod Health Research BACKGROUND: Unacceptably high maternal mortality rates remain a challenge in developing countries such as Tanzania. Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness is among the key interventions that can reduce maternal mortality. Despite this, its status in Tanzania is not well documented. We assessed the practice and determinants of Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in Chamwino district, Central Tanzania. METHODS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted to women who delivered two years prior to survey in January 2014 at Chamwino district, Tanzania. Woman was considered as prepared for birth and its complication if she reported at least three of these; know expected date of delivery, saved money, identified a skilled birth attendant/health facility, mode of transport and Identified two compatible blood donors. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed at P value < 0.05 level of significance. RESULTS: We interviewed 428 women whose median age (IQR) was 26.5 (22–33) years. About 249 (58.2 %) of the respondents were considered as prepared for birth and its complications. After controlling for confounding and clustering effect, significant determinants of birth preparedness and complication readiness were found to be maternal education (AOR = 2.26, 95 % CI; 1.39, 3.67), spouse employment (AOR = 2.18, 95 % CI; 1.46, 3.25), booking at ANC (AOR = 2.03, 95 % CI; 1.11, 3.72), Four or more antenatal visits, (AOR = 1.94, 95 % CI; 1.17, 3.21) and knowledge of key danger signs (AOR = 4.16, 95 % CI; 2.32, 7.45). Prepared for birth was found to be associated with institutional delivery (AOR = 2.45, 95 % CI; 1.12, 5.34). CONCLUSION: The proportion of women who prepared for birth and its complications were found to be low. District reproductive and child health coordinator should emphasis on early and frequent antenatal care visits, since they were among predictors of birth preparedness and complication readiness. BioMed Central 2015-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4447013/ /pubmed/25981513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-015-0041-8 Text en © Bintabara et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Bintabara, Deogratius Mohamed, Mohamed A. Mghamba, Janneth Wasswa, Peter Mpembeni, Rose N.M Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study |
title | Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study |
title_full | Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study |
title_fullStr | Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study |
title_short | Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study |
title_sort | birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in chamwino district, central tanzania: a cross sectional study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4447013/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25981513 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-015-0041-8 |
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