Individual and community-level risk factors of baby postnatal checks within two months among women who gave birth in the last two years in Ethiopia: multilevel analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey
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https://doi.org/10.20372/mhsr.v2i1.1933Keywords:
Baby postnatal checks , Individual-level effects , Community-level effectsAbstract
Background: Postnatal care constitutes a critical component within the continuum of maternal and child healthcare. Changes occurring during this period significantly influence neonatal well-being, and inadequate care may precipitate adverse outcomes, including morbidity and mortality. Even though studies have conducted so far to identify the magnitude and associated factors of postnatal care checkups in Ethiopia, they are limited to institution-based studies and individual-level risk factors rather than community-level factors. Therefore, this study aimed to identify individual and community-level risk factors of baby postnatal checks within two months among women who gave birth two years prior to the survey in Ethiopia.
Method: Multilevel analysis was applied to the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey data. A total of 7,188 women nested in the 617 clusters were included in the analysis.
Results: The magnitude of women who undergone baby postnatal check within two months of birth was 8.3% (95%CI: 7.3%, 9.5%). Among individual level factors: Women who had 1 to 3 ANC visits (AOR= 2.83; 95% CI: 2.09, 3.83), Four or above ANC visits (AOR = 3.72; 95% CI: 2.76, 5.02), Being Amhara (AOR = 1.50; 95%CI: 1.11, 2.02), Tigrai (AOR = 1.94; 95% CI: 1.36, 2.76), Somalie (AOR = 0.46; 95%CI: 0.27, 0.80), had job (AOR=1.49; 95%CI: 1.24, 1.79), did not perceive distance from the HF (AOR =1.38; 95% CI: 1.14, 1.68), had media exposure (AOR = 1.49; 95% CI: 1.22, 1.82), delivered at HF (AOR = 1.44, 95% CI: 1.16, 1.79), state region (AOR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.16, 2.15) were significantly associated with baby postnatal checks within two months.
Conclusion: In this study, the prevalence of the baby postnatal check for recently delivered women was low as compared to the results of many previous findings. Women’s ANC follow-up history, occupation of the women, ethnicity, media exposure, place of last child delivery, perceived distance to HF, and administrative regions were significantly associated with baby postnatal checks for women who gave their recent birth.
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