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Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey

BACKGROUND: Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls. In Ghana, the prevalence of adolescent pregnancy remains high. Yet, little is known about ANC utilization among adolescent and young mothers. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of...

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Autores principales: Anaba, Emmanuel Anongeba, Alor, Stanley Kofi, Badzi, Caroline Dinam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9254585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35790931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04872-z
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Alor, Stanley Kofi
Badzi, Caroline Dinam
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description BACKGROUND: Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls. In Ghana, the prevalence of adolescent pregnancy remains high. Yet, little is known about ANC utilization among adolescent and young mothers. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of obtaining 4 or more ANC visits and associated factors among adolescent and young mothers. METHODS: We analysed secondary data from the sixth round of the Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. A total of 947 adolescent and young mothers were included in this study. Data were analysed using STATA/SE, version 16, employing descriptive statistics and Binary Logistic Regression. RESULTS: It was found that majority of the participants were aged 20-24 years (70%), married/in union (61%) and non-insured (64%). The prevalence of obtaining 4 or more ANC visits was 84%. Adolescent and young mothers with junior high school education, in the second wealth quintile, exposed to the internet, and resided in the Upper East region had a higher likelihood of obtaining 4 or more ANC visits (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that optimal ANC utilization among adolescent and young mothers were determined by socio-economic factors. Going forward, maternal healthcare interventions must prioritize adolescent and young mothers from poor socio-economic backgrounds.
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spelling pubmed-92545852022-07-06 Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey Anaba, Emmanuel Anongeba Alor, Stanley Kofi Badzi, Caroline Dinam BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research BACKGROUND: Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls. In Ghana, the prevalence of adolescent pregnancy remains high. Yet, little is known about ANC utilization among adolescent and young mothers. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of obtaining 4 or more ANC visits and associated factors among adolescent and young mothers. METHODS: We analysed secondary data from the sixth round of the Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. A total of 947 adolescent and young mothers were included in this study. Data were analysed using STATA/SE, version 16, employing descriptive statistics and Binary Logistic Regression. RESULTS: It was found that majority of the participants were aged 20-24 years (70%), married/in union (61%) and non-insured (64%). The prevalence of obtaining 4 or more ANC visits was 84%. Adolescent and young mothers with junior high school education, in the second wealth quintile, exposed to the internet, and resided in the Upper East region had a higher likelihood of obtaining 4 or more ANC visits (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that optimal ANC utilization among adolescent and young mothers were determined by socio-economic factors. Going forward, maternal healthcare interventions must prioritize adolescent and young mothers from poor socio-economic backgrounds. BioMed Central 2022-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9254585/ /pubmed/35790931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04872-z Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Anaba, Emmanuel Anongeba
Alor, Stanley Kofi
Badzi, Caroline Dinam
Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey
title Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey
title_full Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey
title_fullStr Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey
title_short Utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in Ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey
title_sort utilization of antenatal care among adolescent and young mothers in ghana; analysis of the 2017/2018 multiple indicator cluster survey
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9254585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35790931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04872-z
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