| Title: |
On the way to universal coverage of maternal services in Iringa rural District in Tanzania. Who is yet to be reached? |
| Authors: |
Straneo, Manuela; Fogliati, Piera; Pellis, Ingrid; Goodman, Catherine; Riva, Donata Dalla; Kisika, Firma; Mpuya, Ezekiel; Putoto, Giovanni |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: LSHTM Research Online |
| Description: |
BACKGROUND: Strategies to tackle maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa include expanding coverage of reproductive services. Even where high, more vulnerable women may not access services. No data is available on high coverage determinants. We investigated this in Tanzania in a predicted high utilization area. METHODS: Data was collected through a household survey of 464 women with a recent delivery. Primary outcomes were facility delivery and ≥4 ANC visits. Determinants were analysed using multivariate regression. RESULTS: Almost all women had attended ANC, though only 58.3% had ≥4 visits. ≥4 visits were more likely in the youngest age group (OR 2.7 95% CI 1.32-5.49, p=0.008), and in early ANC attenders (OR 3.2 95% CI 2.04-4.90, p |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| ISSN: |
1680-6905 |
| Relation: |
Straneo, Manuela; Fogliati, Piera; Pellis, Ingrid; Goodman, Catherine ORCID logo; Riva, Donata Dalla; Kisika, Firma; Mpuya, Ezekiel; and Putoto, Giovanni (2016) On the way to universal coverage of maternal services in Iringa rural District in Tanzania. Who is yet to be reached? African health sciences, 16 (2). pp. 420-428. ISSN 1680-6905 DOI:10.4314/ahs.v16i2.10 |
| DOI: |
10.4314/ahs.v16i2.10 |
| Availability: |
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2869386/; https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v16i2.10 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.738310A0 |
| Database: |
BASE |