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Factors related to the use of antenatal care services in Ethiopia: Application of the zero-inflated negative binomial model
Authors: Enyew Assefa, and Mekonnen Tadesse
Source: Women & Health, 57(7):804-821. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2016.1222325
Topic(s): Antenatal care
Health care utilization
Country: Africa
  Ethiopia
Published: AUG 2017
Abstract: The major causes for poor health in developing countries are inadequate access and under-use of modern health care services. The objective of this study was to identify and examine factors related to the use of antenatal care services using the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey data. The number of antenatal care visits during the last pregnancy by mothers aged 15 to 49 years (n = 7,737) was analyzed. More than 55% of the mothers did not use antenatal care (ANC) services, while more than 22% of the women used antenatal care services less than four times. More than half of the women (52%) who had access to health services had at least four antenatal care visits. The zero-inflated negative binomial model was found to be more appropriate for analyzing the data. Place of residence, age of mothers, woman's educational level, employment status, mass media exposure, religion, and access to health services were significantly associated with the use of antenatal care services. Accordingly, there should be progress toward a health-education program that enables more women to utilize ANC services, with the program targeting women in rural areas, uneducated women, and mothers with higher birth orders through appropriate media. KEYWORDS: Antenatal care; count model; zero-inflated negative binomial
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