Determinants of health facility delivery among young mothers in Ghana; insights from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
; 22(1): 656, 2022 Aug 20.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Globally, young women deliver at home, often under unhygienic conditions and without skilled birth attendants. This study identified the determinants of health facility delivery among young mothers in Ghana.METHODS:
We analysed secondary data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, which collected data across the former ten administrative regions of Ghana. This study analysed data from the 'women file' by adjusting for the sample weight. STATA/SE version 16 was employed to analyse the data by computing descriptive statistics, Chi-square, and Binary Logistic Regression.RESULTS:
Seven in ten young mothers gave birth in a health facility. Young mothers who had secondary school education were over three-fold more likely to deliver in a health facility (AOR = 3.5, 95% CI 1.33-9.23) compared with young mothers with no formal education. Young mothers who resided in rural areas had lower odds (73%) of delivering in a health facility (AOR = 0.27; 95% CI 0.14-0.514) compared with those in urban areas. Young mothers within the richest wealth quintile also had higher odds (8 times) of delivering in a health facility (AOR = 8.24; 95% CI 0.95-71.77) compared with those within the poorest wealth quintile. Young mothers who obtained four to seven antenatal visits (AOR = 0.53; 95% CI 0.27-1.03) had lower odds of delivering in a health facility compared with those who obtained eight or more antenatal visits.CONCLUSION:
The majority of young mothers in Ghana gave birth in a health facility. The likelihood of delivering in a health facility was influenced by socio-demographic factors, economic factors and utilization of antenatal care services. Therefore, interventions aimed at increasing utilization of skilled delivery among young women should focus on promoting girl child education, economic status and antenatal care visits.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Parto Obstétrico
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article