Kimiyo Kikuchi|Junko Yasuoka|Keiko Nanishi|Ashir Ahmed|Yasunobu Nohara|Mariko Nishikitani|Fumihiko Yokota|Tetsuya Mizutani|Naotoshi Nakashima
Postnatal care could be the key to improving the continuum of care in maternal and child health in Ratanakiri, Cambodia
Kyushu University|Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology|The University of Tokyo|Kyushu University|Kyushu University Hospital|Kyushu University|Kyushu University|Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology|Kyushu University
southeast asia maternal child mortality rate declined past decades however varies among within countries region including cambodia continuum care integrated series care women children required avail continuously pregnancy childmotherhood period study aimed assess completion rate continuum care examine factors associated continuum care ratanakiri cambodia crosssectional study conducted ratanakiri overall 377 women included data collected via facetoface interviews using semistructured questionnaire among 50 completed continuum care antenatal care least four times delivery skilled birth attendant postnatal care least meanwhile 188 receive care pregnancy delivery birth highest discontinuation rate postnatal care stage 736 receiving perinatal care associated neonatal complications 6 weeks birth adjusted odds ratio aor 3075 95 confidence interval ci 13107215 furthermore long distance health center negatively associated completion continuum care aor 0877 95 ci 07910972 study indicates need efforts reduce number women discontinue continuum care well receive care avoid neonatal complications since discontinuation rate highest postnatal care postnatal care needs promoted antenatal care delivery services furthermore given long distance health facilities barrier receiving care continuously findings suggest need villagebased health care system provide basic continuum care remote areas