Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative Data

Optimal antenatal care is an important service required by women and babies. To promote healthy motherhood and for positive pregnancy outcomes, World Health Organization recently recommended a minimum of 8 ANC contacts. We aim to explore the prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts using multi-country d...

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Main Author:	Michael Ekholuenetale MSc
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2021-09-01
Series:	Global Pediatric Health
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X211045822

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spelling	doaj-68c5b0db68884f92b5311b5e182ec1cd2021-09-11T02:03:56ZengSAGE PublishingGlobal Pediatric Health2333-794X2021-09-01810.1177/2333794X211045822Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative DataMichael Ekholuenetale MSc0University of Ibadan, Ibadan, NigeriaOptimal antenatal care is an important service required by women and babies. To promote healthy motherhood and for positive pregnancy outcomes, World Health Organization recently recommended a minimum of 8 ANC contacts. We aim to explore the prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts using multi-country data. Urban dwellers, mothers with secondary or higher education, women from high household wealth, early birth order, and older mothers at childbirth had higher prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts respectively. The pooled prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts was 13.0%. Jordan had the leading prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts (74.0%), followed by Ghana (43.0%) and Albania (30.0%). On the other hand, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia had very low prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts. There was heterogeneity in the prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts across countries. There was low prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts.https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X211045822
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title	Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative Data
title_short	Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative Data
title_full	Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative Data
title_fullStr	Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative Data
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative Data
title_sort	prevalence of eight or more antenatal care contacts: findings from multi-country nationally representative data
publisher	SAGE Publishing
series	Global Pediatric Health
issn	2333-794X
publishDate	2021-09-01
description	Optimal antenatal care is an important service required by women and babies. To promote healthy motherhood and for positive pregnancy outcomes, World Health Organization recently recommended a minimum of 8 ANC contacts. We aim to explore the prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts using multi-country data. Urban dwellers, mothers with secondary or higher education, women from high household wealth, early birth order, and older mothers at childbirth had higher prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts respectively. The pooled prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts was 13.0%. Jordan had the leading prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts (74.0%), followed by Ghana (43.0%) and Albania (30.0%). On the other hand, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia had very low prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts. There was heterogeneity in the prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts across countries. There was low prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts.
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Prevalence of Eight or More Antenatal Care Contacts: Findings From Multi-Country Nationally Representative Data

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