Maternity waiting homes as component of birth preparedness and complication readiness for rural women in hard-to-reach areas in Ethiopia

Gurara, Mekdes Kondale; Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre; Gutema, Befikadu Tariku; Draulans, Veerle; Jacquemyn, Yves

doi:10.1186/s12978-021-01086-y

Reproductive Health

Table 2 Obstetric characteristics, birth preparedness plan practice and use of MWHs among the participants in Arba Minch Zuria district 2019 (n = 807)

From: Maternity waiting homes as component of birth preparedness and complication readiness for rural women in hard-to-reach areas in Ethiopia

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Age at first marriage	< 18	189	23.4
Age at first marriage	≥18	618	76.6
Age at first pregnancy	< 18	62	7.7
Age at first pregnancy	≤18	745	92.3
Parity	Primi-Para (1)	11	1.4
	Multi-para (2–4)	417	51.7
	Grand multipara (≥ 5)	379	46.9
Pregnant during study period	No	751	93.2
Pregnant during study period	Yes	55	6.8
History of neonatal death	No	735	91.1
History of neonatal death	Yes	72	8.9
Family size^a	≤4	494	61.2
	5–6	243	30.1
	≥7	70	8.7
History of family planning use	Currently using	393	48.7
	Never used	244	30.2
	Used in the past	170	21.1
BPCR plan^b	Not prepared	636	78.8
BPCR plan^b	Prepared	171	21.2
ANC visits	No visit	101	12.5
	ANC 1–3	333	41.3
	ANC 4 +	373	46.2
Place of ANC	Health centers	199	28.2
	Health posts	501	71.0
	Hospital	6	0.8
Decision maker for obstetric care seeking	Husband/partner	138	17.1
	Jointly	634	78.6
	Respondent	35	4.3
Place of last birth	Home	504	62.0
Place of last birth	Health facility	303	38.0
Mode of delivery	Cesarean delivery	21	2.6
Mode of delivery	Vaginal delivery	786	97.4
Previous complications during childbirth	No	766	94.9
Previous complications during childbirth	Yes	41	5.1
Seek treatment for the complications from health facilities	No	7	17.1
Seek treatment for the complications from health facilities	Yes	34	82.9
Travel time to the nearest health institution	< 2 h	658	82
Travel time to the nearest health institution	> 2 h	149	18
Difficulty to get emergency transport	Difficult	354	43.9
	Easy	130	16.1
	Very difficult	323	40.0
MWH Awareness	No	278	34.5
MWH Awareness	Yes	529	65.5
Sources of information	Community leaders	68	12.8
	Health extension workers	324	61.2
	Health facility staff	124	23.4
	Other	14	2.6
MWH location	No	288	35.7
MWH location	Yes	519	64.3
MWH stay (users)	No	739	91.6
MWH stay (users)	Yes	68	8.4

^aNumber of individuals in a household
^bBPCR plan: To measure birth plan practices of the study subjects, participants were asked the five basic components of birth plan practice based on their importance (planned to save money to the childbirth, planned to arrange transport, identified place to give birth, identified skilled attendant and identified blood donor for their last pregnancy) and a woman was considered as “prepared” for birth and its complication if she reported at least three of the five basic components

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