Kindie Fentahun Muchie
Quality of antenatal care services and completion of four or more antenatal care visits in Ethiopia: a finding based on a demographic and health survey
University of Gondar
antenatal care anc one core interventions improving maternal outcomes average annual decline maternal mortality rate 1990 2013 5 ethiopia figure least expected 55 achieve targeted 75 19902015 moreover completion recommended four anc visits 32 study aimed examine individual household community level potential determinants completing recommended visits country 2014 ethiopian mini demographic health survey data used among women aged 1549 years 3694 given birth 5 years preceding survey included analysis robust standard error method generalized estimation equations used binary outcome variable clustered data 330 95 ci 31 5 345 women completed recommended visits total women 565 least one anc visit least one anc visit 374 visited first trimester completing recommended visits negatively associated women lower educational level lower economic conditions higher birth order rural residence positively associated community level high quality anc services received difference age region also affected completion recommended visits finding revealed need improving uptake anc services early arrival first trimester services motivating mothers begin anc confirm continuity strategies foster completing recommended visits focus upgrading quality care services community level women low economic level high birth order rural residence low educational status given special attention early late age groups given special attention regarding services