Agency, defined as the ability to identify one's goals and act upon them, has been
recognized as a prominent strategy to access maternal healthcare services (MHS). The …

Background Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide.
Although most pregnancies and births are uneventful, approximately 15% of all pregnant …

Background The incidence of maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in developing
countries. Ethiopia has developed many strategies to reduce maternal and child mortality by …

Background Despite a significant increase in the skilled birth assisted (SBA) deliveries in
India, there are huge gaps in availing maternity care services across social gradients …

Background The effect of short birth interval on socio-economic, negative maternal and child
health outcomes remains common in developing countries. This study aimed to assess …

Background Home delivery is a nonclinical childbirth practice that takes place in one's home
with or without traditional birth attendants and postnatal care is the care given to the mother …

Women's agency is vital to access and use reproductive healthcare services, particularly in
contexts where patriarchal beliefs and cultural norms limit women's desire to act on their …

Abstract Background The introduction of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) in India, a
conditional cash transfer program which incentivized women to deliver at institutions …

A myriad of demand-side factors hamper childbearing women from utilizing needed skilled
birth care in low and lower-middle income countries. The objective of this scoping review is …

Background Utilization of skilled birth attendance during home delivery of pregnant women
is proven to reduce complications during and after childbirth. Though the utilization of skilled …