Susan Nittrouer
Beyond Early Intervention: Supporting Children With CIs Through Elementary School
Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
covid19 pandemic affected expectant mothers seeking maternal health services developing countries access utilization maternal health services including antenatal care anc attendance skilled delivery declined drastically resulting adverse pregnancy outcomes study assessed pregnancy outcomes covid19 pandemic tamale metropolis ghana retrospective cohort study design employed random sampling technique used select 450 women delivered covid19 pandemic tamale metropolis ghana respondents interviewed using structured questionnaire homes study data collected sociodemographics characteristics anc attendance pandemic delivery place delivery birth outcomes chisquare test bivariate logistic regression analyses performed significant level 005 determine factors associated outcome variables 450 respondents 518 26 30 years age half 522 respondents formal education 933 married majority 604 respondents described residence urban setting 316 women delivered pandemic covid19 pandemic influenced place delivery proportion women attended least one anc visit 845 vs 705 delivered hospital 768 vs 724 higher pandemic women likely deliver home covid19 238 95ci 152374 p0001 similarly statistically significance difference covid19 delivery least one anc attendance 272 95ci 158167 p0001 women delivered covid19 twice likely develop complications 172 95ci 103287 p 004 anc attendance health facility delivery decreased pregnancy complications increased covid19 disease outbreaks outreach engagement strategies devised increase access utilization maternal health services marginalized underserved populations capacity health workers strengthened skills training manage adverse birth outcomes