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Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Mabirizi, David |
| author2 | De Groot, Herman |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11285 Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda Mabirizi, David De Groot, Herman Maternal and Child Health Includes bibliographical references. Mpigi District is a rural district in Uganda with high maternal morbidity and mortality. While most pregnant women in Uganda attend antenatal clinics, few ultimately deliver their babies in a health facility. Interventions have not achieved increased utilisation of maternal services. A review of maternal determinants and factors associated with health facility delivery is the focus of this study. To determine the reasons why women deliver in health facilities; to identify the maternal determinants or factors associated with health facility delivery; and to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of women who deliver in health facilities. This quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study of 257 women who delivered in the Mpigi District in 2008/2009 used face-to-face interviews at which a questionnaire was administered. Women delivered in health facilities because they expected a safe delivery. Ten factors were found to be significantly associated with a higher possibility of health facility delivery: eight or more years of education (P=0.002); previous health facility delivery (P<0.0001); first delivery in a health facility (P<0.0001); no history of a non-health facility delivery (P <0.0001); more than 50% of deliveries in a health facility (P=0.007); three or more antenatal care visits (P=0.031); above-average socio-economic status (P=0.016); living in a household of three or fewer individuals (P=0.028); living within 30 minutes? travel time of a health facility (P=0.007); and history of contraceptive use (P=0.046). These are the maternal determinants of health facility delivery in this rural setting. The mothers that delivered in health facilities were 15 and 29 years old (85.2%), either married or cohabiting (77.5%), had completed eight years or more of formal education (53.5%), lived within a radius of up to 30 minutes? journey from a health facility (67.2%) and lived in a household of four or more individuals (76.0%). This study shows that there are specific maternal characteristics (sociodemographic descriptors) that are associated with increased possibility of health facility delivery. 2015-01-04T14:39:22Z 2015-01-04T14:39:22Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11285 eng application/pdf Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Maternal and Child Health Mabirizi, David Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda |
| title_full | Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda |
| title_short | Determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the Mpigi District of Uganda |
| title_sort | determinants of maternal delivery at rural health facilities a study undertaken in the mpigi district of uganda |
| topic | Maternal and Child Health |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11285 |
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