Tesfalidet Tekelab|Birhanu Yadecha|Alemu Sufa Melka
Antenatal care and women’s decision making power as determinants of institutional delivery in rural area of Western Ethiopia
Wollega University|Wollega University|Wollega University
delivery skilled birth attendance serves indicator progress towards reducing maternal mortality ethiopia proportions births attended skilled personnel low 15 oromia region 147 current study identified factors associated utilization institutional delivery among married women rural area western ethiopia community based crosssectional study employed january 2 january 31 2015 among mothers gave birth last 2 years rural area east wollega zone multistage sampling procedure used select 798 study participants pretested structured questionnaire used collect data female high school graduates data collectors involved data collection process bivariate multivariable logistic regression model fit statistical significance determined 95 confidence level study revealed 397 mothers delivered health facilities age 1524 years aor 420 95 ci 207855 2534 years aor 221 95 ci 132369 womens educational level aor 200 95 ci 119334 womens decision making power aor 211 95 ci 154289 utilization antenatal care anc index pregnancy aor 156 95 ci 108223 parity one aor 220 95 ci 110438 showed significant positive association utilization institutional delivery study proportion institutional delivery low 397 age womens literacy status womens decision making power anc practice numbers live birth found important predictors institutional delivery findings current study highlight importance boosting women involvement formal education decision making power moreover since anc big pillar remaining maternal health services effort increase anc service utilization