Child marriage in South Asia: a systematic review

SD Subramanee, K Agho, J Lakshmi, MN Huda… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Child marriage is a serious public health issue with dire implications at the
individual and societal level. Almost half of all child marriages globally originate from South …

Input, process, and output factors contributing to quality of antenatal care services: a scoping review of evidence

RB Khatri, TS Mengistu, Y Assefa - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 - Springer
Background High-quality antenatal care (ANC) provides a lifesaving opportunity for women
and their newborns through providing health promotion, disease prevention, and early …

Dissecting antenatal care inequalities in western Nepal: insights from a community-based cohort study

V Khanal, S Bista, SR Mishra, AH Lee - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 - Springer
Background Antenatal care (ANC) ensures continuity of care in maternal and foetal health.
Understanding the quality and timing of antenatal care (ANC) is important to further progress …

[HTML][HTML] Timing of first antenatal care visits and number of items of antenatal care contents received and associated factors in Ethiopia: multilevel mixed effects …

BT Woldeamanuel, TA Belachew - Reproductive health, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Receiving quality antenatal care (ANC) from skilled providers is essential to
ensure the critical health circumstances of a pregnant woman and her child. Thus, this study …

High coverage but low quality of maternal and newborn health services in the coverage cascade: who is benefitted and left behind in accessing better quality health …

RB Khatri, J Durham, R Karkee, Y Assefa - Reproductive Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Antenatal care (ANC) visits, institutional delivery, and postnatal care (PNC)
visits are vital to improve the health of mothers and newborns. Despite improved access to …

Extent of received antenatal care components in Ethiopia: a community-based panel study

K Shiferaw, B Mengistie, T Gobena… - … journal of women's …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose This study aimed to identify the extent of antenatal care content received and
associated factors among Ethiopian women. Methods A nationally representative …

Utilisation of quality antenatal, delivery and postnatal care services in Nepal: An analysis of Service Provision Assessment

RB Khatri, J Durham, Y Assefa - Globalization and Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Nepal has improved access and utilisation of routine maternal and newborn
health (MNH) services. Despite improved access to routine MNH services such as antenatal …

How does social desirability bias influence survey-based estimates of the use of antenatal care in rural Nepal? A validation study

AL Thorne-Lyman, TP Lama, RA Heidkamp… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Social desirability bias is often speculated to influence survey responses but
seldom studied in healthcare. The objective was to explore whether social desirability …

Factors associated with inadequate prenatal care service utilization in Ethiopia according to the WHO recommended standard guidelines

BT Woldeamanuel - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Adequate maternal health care could prevent 54% of maternal deaths in low-
and middle-income countries. In Ethiopia, the maternal mortality rate was reduced from 817 …

Antenatal care component utilization and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: Multilevel analysis of Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health survey …

D Shiferaw, BR Feyisa, B Biru, M Yesse - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Maternal and neonatal health are among the top prioritised agendas of global
health care with due emphasis given to developing countries, where the burden is profound …