Michael Bray, Jane Turner, Sean Jones, Tazia Miah, Sharon Milberger
Developing Workforce Skills and Capacity in Telehealth: What LEND Trainees Need to Know
Maternal and child health journal
low middleincome countries vaccination rates low tetanus still important threat public health although maternal neonatal tetanus remains major global health concern magnitude determinates well studied therefore study aimed assess number tetanus toxoid injections associated factors among pregnant women low middleincome countries data recent demographic health surveys covered 60 low middleincome countries 2010 2022 used secondary data analysis study included total 118704 pregnant women statistical software package stata 14 used analyze data negative binomial regression crosssectional study carried factors associated number tetanus vaccinations declared significant pvalue 005 incidence rate ratio confidence interval used interpret results model smallest akaike information criterion bayesian information criterion values highest log likelihood considered bestfit model study low middleincome countries 260 pregnant women took least two doses tetanus toxoid vaccine factors maternal education primary irr 122 95 ci 117 126 secondary irr 119 95 ci 115 123 higher irr 116 95 ci 112 120 employment irr 111 95 ci 109 113 13 anc visits irr 249 95 ci 241 257 4 visits irr 294 95 ci 284 303 wealth index irr 106 95 ci 1104 108 birth order irr 104 95 ci 102 127 distance health facility irr 102 95 ci 100 103 health insurance coverage irr 108 95 ci 106 110 significant association number tetanus vaccinations among pregnant women study concludes number tetanus toxoid vaccinations among pregnant women low middleincome countries low negative binomial model frequency tetanus vaccinations significant association maternal employment educational status wealth index antenatal care visits birth order distance health facility health insurance therefore ministries health low middleincome countries give attention women antenatal care visits women poor wealth quantiles designing policies strategies