Sirio Lonati, Rafael Lalive, Charles Efferson
Identifying culture as cause: Challenges and opportunities
Evolutionary human sciences
maternal health literacy mhl ability mothers obtain interpret appraise apply women child health information contributes reduction mortality among mothers children important concern since womans health pregnancy may first interaction healthcare system womans comprehension health information direct impact unborn childs growth throughout process conception assess degree maternal health literacy related factors womens childrens health care among mothers whose children received basic immunizations public healthcare facilities ilu abba boor crosssectional study carried facility december 2021 january 2022 investigators trained supervisors data collectors five days data collection basic random sampling 411 mothers whose children received minimum set vaccinations health facilities ilu ababor zone oromia ethiopia chosen facetoface interviews used gather data imported epidata 41 exported spss factors associated maternal health literacy maternal child healthcare identified application descriptive statistics bivariate analysis multivariable logistic regression analyses findings displayed form graphs tables figures study 100 response rate 411 participants invited participate mean maternal health literacy score 285103 women 293 713 inadequate health literacy levels 118 287 adequate multivariate analysiss findings indicated rate adequate maternal health literacy 122 times higher among urban women among rural ones aor122 534 2448 women gave birth vaginally 024 times less likely adequate maternal health literacy women caesarean section aor024 0112 0503 mothers four prenatal care followups found sufficient maternal health literacy higher one aor0230095 0556 two aor0260138 0307 three times 0140108 0167 antenatal care contacts study shows inadequate maternal health literacy affects healthcare mothers children given significance health literacy womens health national health authorities ought develop educational initiatives aimed raising health literacy rates empowering women reproductive age