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Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data
Medical facility birth with skilled birth attendance is essential to reduce maternal mortality. The purpose of this study was to assess the demographic characteristics, socio-economic factors, and varied health information sources that may influence the uptake of birth services in Pakistan. We used...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30875876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060932 |
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author | Noh, Jin-Won Kim, Young-mi Akram, Nabeel Yoo, Ki-Bong Cheon, Jooyoung Lee, Lena J. Kwon, Young Dae Stekelenburg, Jelle |
author_facet | Noh, Jin-Won Kim, Young-mi Akram, Nabeel Yoo, Ki-Bong Cheon, Jooyoung Lee, Lena J. Kwon, Young Dae Stekelenburg, Jelle |
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description | Medical facility birth with skilled birth attendance is essential to reduce maternal mortality. The purpose of this study was to assess the demographic characteristics, socio-economic factors, and varied health information sources that may influence the uptake of birth services in Pakistan. We used pooled data from Maternal-Child Health Program Indicator Survey 2013 and 2014. Study population was 9719 women. Generalized linear model with log link and a Poisson distribution was used to identify factors associated with place of birth. 3403 (35%) women gave birth at home, and 6316 (65%) women gave birth at a medical facility. After controlling for all covariates, women’s age, number of children, education, wealth, and mother and child health information source (doctors and nurses/midwives) were associated with facility births. Women were significantly less likely to give birth at a medical facility if they received maternal-child health information from low-level health workers or relatives/friends. The findings suggest that interventions should target disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of women after considering rural-urban differences. Training non-health professionals may help improve facility birth. Further research is needed to examine the effect of individual information sources on facility birth, both in urban and rural areas in Pakistan. |
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spelling | pubmed-64661832019-04-22 Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data Noh, Jin-Won Kim, Young-mi Akram, Nabeel Yoo, Ki-Bong Cheon, Jooyoung Lee, Lena J. Kwon, Young Dae Stekelenburg, Jelle Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Medical facility birth with skilled birth attendance is essential to reduce maternal mortality. The purpose of this study was to assess the demographic characteristics, socio-economic factors, and varied health information sources that may influence the uptake of birth services in Pakistan. We used pooled data from Maternal-Child Health Program Indicator Survey 2013 and 2014. Study population was 9719 women. Generalized linear model with log link and a Poisson distribution was used to identify factors associated with place of birth. 3403 (35%) women gave birth at home, and 6316 (65%) women gave birth at a medical facility. After controlling for all covariates, women’s age, number of children, education, wealth, and mother and child health information source (doctors and nurses/midwives) were associated with facility births. Women were significantly less likely to give birth at a medical facility if they received maternal-child health information from low-level health workers or relatives/friends. The findings suggest that interventions should target disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of women after considering rural-urban differences. Training non-health professionals may help improve facility birth. Further research is needed to examine the effect of individual information sources on facility birth, both in urban and rural areas in Pakistan. MDPI 2019-03-15 2019-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6466183/ /pubmed/30875876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060932 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Noh, Jin-Won Kim, Young-mi Akram, Nabeel Yoo, Ki-Bong Cheon, Jooyoung Lee, Lena J. Kwon, Young Dae Stekelenburg, Jelle Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data |
title | Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data |
title_full | Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data |
title_fullStr | Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data |
title_short | Impact of Socio-Economic Factors and Health Information Sources on Place of Birth in Sindh Province, Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Survey Data |
title_sort | impact of socio-economic factors and health information sources on place of birth in sindh province, pakistan: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30875876 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060932 |
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