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Factors Influencing Birth Preparedness in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal

INTRODUCTION: Birth preparedness is crucial for health quality of mother and newborn and acts as a strong contributor in mitigating maternal and newborn mortalities. Different factors are predicted to have an influence upon birth preparedness practice. This paper aims at exploring relationship betwe...

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Autores principales: Silwal, Kusmita, Poudyal, Jiwan Kumar, Shah, Rajani, Parajuli, Sumitra, Basaula, Yubanidhi, Munikar, Sabika, Thapa, Kanchan
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Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32373182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7402163
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author Silwal, Kusmita
Poudyal, Jiwan Kumar
Shah, Rajani
Parajuli, Sumitra
Basaula, Yubanidhi
Munikar, Sabika
Thapa, Kanchan
author_facet Silwal, Kusmita
Poudyal, Jiwan Kumar
Shah, Rajani
Parajuli, Sumitra
Basaula, Yubanidhi
Munikar, Sabika
Thapa, Kanchan
author_sort Silwal, Kusmita
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description INTRODUCTION: Birth preparedness is crucial for health quality of mother and newborn and acts as a strong contributor in mitigating maternal and newborn mortalities. Different factors are predicted to have an influence upon birth preparedness practice. This paper aims at exploring relationship between various factors and birth preparedness practice. METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was used to find out the relationship between various factors and birth preparedness practice. One hundred sixty-five women residing at ward number 1 of Rapti Municipality, Chitwan who delivered in the last twelve months were selected consecutively and interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and bivariate techniques. RESULTS: Three quarters (75.2%) of the respondents had better birth preparedness, institutional delivery was 63.0%, antenatal care (ANC) visit as per protocol was about 62.0%, and about 90% of the respondents had received counseling during ANC. Age, religion, family types, education, age at marriage, parity, number of children, knowledge on birth preparedness, knowledge on danger sign, place for ANC and delivery, and decision-makers were found to be statistically significant (P value < 0.05) with birth preparedness practice. CONCLUSION: Better knowledge on birth preparedness led to a better preparedness status. Age, religion, family type, education of women and partners, parity, and number of children were the factors that influence birth preparedness. Counseling during ANC played a significant role in birth preparedness.
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spelling pubmed-71961502020-05-05 Factors Influencing Birth Preparedness in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal Silwal, Kusmita Poudyal, Jiwan Kumar Shah, Rajani Parajuli, Sumitra Basaula, Yubanidhi Munikar, Sabika Thapa, Kanchan Int J Pediatr Research Article INTRODUCTION: Birth preparedness is crucial for health quality of mother and newborn and acts as a strong contributor in mitigating maternal and newborn mortalities. Different factors are predicted to have an influence upon birth preparedness practice. This paper aims at exploring relationship between various factors and birth preparedness practice. METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was used to find out the relationship between various factors and birth preparedness practice. One hundred sixty-five women residing at ward number 1 of Rapti Municipality, Chitwan who delivered in the last twelve months were selected consecutively and interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and bivariate techniques. RESULTS: Three quarters (75.2%) of the respondents had better birth preparedness, institutional delivery was 63.0%, antenatal care (ANC) visit as per protocol was about 62.0%, and about 90% of the respondents had received counseling during ANC. Age, religion, family types, education, age at marriage, parity, number of children, knowledge on birth preparedness, knowledge on danger sign, place for ANC and delivery, and decision-makers were found to be statistically significant (P value < 0.05) with birth preparedness practice. CONCLUSION: Better knowledge on birth preparedness led to a better preparedness status. Age, religion, family type, education of women and partners, parity, and number of children were the factors that influence birth preparedness. Counseling during ANC played a significant role in birth preparedness. Hindawi 2020-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7196150/ /pubmed/32373182 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7402163 Text en Copyright © 2020 Kusmita Silwal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Poudyal, Jiwan Kumar
Shah, Rajani
Parajuli, Sumitra
Basaula, Yubanidhi
Munikar, Sabika
Thapa, Kanchan
Factors Influencing Birth Preparedness in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal
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title_short Factors Influencing Birth Preparedness in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal
title_sort factors influencing birth preparedness in rapti municipality of chitwan, nepal
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32373182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7402163
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