Asmahan Alsulami, Abeer Orabi, Shahrazad Timraz
Saudi women's perspectives on postpartum depression
Frontiers in global women's health
antenatal care anc essential health care medical support provided pregnant women aim promoting optimal health mother developing baby pregnant women initiate anc within first trimester pregnancy access wide range crucial services early initiation anc significantly reduces adverse pregnancy outcomes yet many women subsaharan africa delay initiation aim study assess prevalence determinants delayed anc initiation ethiopia conducted secondary data analysis 2019 ethiopian mini demographic health survey emdhs study involved women reproductive age given birth within five years prior survey attended anc recent child total weighted sample 2895 pregnant women included analysis due hierarchical nature data employed multilevel logistic regression model examine individual community level factors associated delayed anc initiation findings regressions presented odds ratios 95 confidence intervals ci pvalues statistical analysis performed using stata14 software study showed 623 95 ci 605 641 pregnant women ethiopia delayed anc initiation participants average began anc 4 months gestational age women education aor 21 95 ci 14 30 poorest wealth status aor 19 95 ci 13 28 southern nations nationalities peoples snnp region aor 21 95 ci 13 33 gave birth home aor 14 95 ci 11 17 likely delay anc initiation prevalence delayed anc initiation ethiopia high enhancing mothers education empowering economic initiatives improving healthseeking behavior towards facility delivery universally reinforcing standardized anc along collaborating existing local community structure disseminate health information recommended measures reduce delayed anc initiation