Ellen Wang, Thalia Otamendi, Linda C Li, Alison M Hoens, Linda Wilhelm, Vikram Bubber, Elliot PausJenssen, Annette McKinnon, Shanon McQuitty, Kelly English, Aline S Silva, Jenny Leese, Wasifa Zarin, Andrea C Tricco, Clayon B Hamilton
Researcher-patient partnership generated actionable recommendations, using quantitative evaluation and deliberative dialogue, to improve meaningful engagement
Journal of clinical epidemiology
assess time initiation antenatal care anc predictors among pregnant women ethiopia retrospective followup study using secondary data 2019 ethiopian minidemographic health survey 2933 women aged 1549 years anc visits current recent pregnancy within 5 years prior survey included study women attended prenatal appointments whose gestational age unknown first prenatal visit excluded study participants interviewed gestational age months made first anc visit multivariable mixedeffects survival regression fitted identify factors associated time initiation anc study estimated mean survival time pregnant women initiate first anc visit ethiopia found 68 months 95 ci 668 695 women whose last birth caesarean section adjusted acceleration factor aaf075 95 ci 061 093 women higher education aaf069 95 ci 050 095 shorter time initiate anc early first trimester pregnancy however grand multiparous aaf131 95 ci 105 163 previously union aaf147 95 ci 107 200 home birth aaf135 95 ci 113 161 living rural area aaf125 95 ci 103 152 impediments early anc initiation women study area sought initial anc far later recommended therefore healthcare providers collaborate community health workers provide homebased care order encourage prompt anc among hardtoreach populations rural residents giving birth home