Gossa Fetene Abebe, Menen Tilahun, Hana Tadesse, Abdu Seid, Tariku Yigremachew, Anteneh Messele Birhanu, Desalegn Girma
Predictors of delayed initiation of breast milk and exclusive breastfeeding in Ethiopia: A multi-level mixed-effect analysis
PloS one
despite enormous advantages early pregnancyrelated problem diagnosis therapy prenatal care visits pregnant women begin antenatal care proper time thus study aims identify factors associated missed opportunities antenatal care service utilization among reproductiveage women eastern ethiopia mixed methods study design quantitative qualitative conducted grawa meta haramaya woredas september 5 december 5 2019 quantitative data analyzed using spss version 25 multivariable logistic regression analysis model used identify predictors statistical software programs based atlasti version 82 used conduct thematic analysis qualitative data overall missed opportunities antenatal care 154 95 121 191 factors maternal age 1524 aor 69 95 ci 289881 college education aor 002 95 ci 0001 042 elementary aor 005 95 ci 0002 098 secondary education aor 004 95 ci 0001 088 five parity aor 008 95 ci 001 075 three visits aor 010 95 ci 002 071 first trimester aor 002 95 ci 0001 035 second trimester aor 001 95 ci 0001 026 get information health facility aor 009 95 ci 001 067 traditional birth attendance aor 002 95 ci 0001 074 factors statistically associated outcome variables according report relatively high proportions pregnant women experienced missed opportunities antenatal care followup factors maternal age education parity frequency timing media access statistically significantly correlated missed antenatal care followup therefore stakeholders emphasize advocating enhancing benefits antenatal care turn plays crucial role increasing followup clients crucial services moreover health policy implementers need coordinate tracking pregnant women missed antenatal care session