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- Title
Factors influencing utilization of postnatal care visits in Afghanistan.
- Authors
Khan Khankhell, Raz Mohammad; Ghotbi, Nader; Hemat, Shafiqullah
- Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines the postnatal period as the first six weeks (42 days) after delivery and recommends four postnatal care (PNC) visits for women giving birth to a child to enable early detection and treatment of complications. However, a low utilization of PNC visits by Afghan women has contributed to a relatively high maternal mortality in Afghanistan. This study aimed to identify factors influencing the utilization of PNC visits among Afghan women by sampling nationally representative data from Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey (AfDHS), 2015. The logistic model was used to measure the adjusted odds of utilizing PNC services among women, with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and a p-value of <0.05 for statistical significance. The study found that the utilization of PNC visits in Afghanistan is low; among 8,581 women (44%) who utilized PNC visits and 10,924 women (56%) who didn't, the women's age, place of residence, parity, education, occupation, number of antenatal care (ANC) visits, place of delivery, exposure to public media, the woman's role in decision making and needing a permission to seek healthcare were found to be associated with the level of utilization of PNC visits. Based on the study results, health promotion interventions are recommended to increase the utilization of PNC visits.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; POSTNATAL care; MATERNAL mortality; WORLD Health Organization; PRENATAL care; HEALTH surveys
- Publication
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science, 2020, Vol 82, Issue 4, p711
- ISSN
0027-7622
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18999/nagjms.82.4.711