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Influence of women's knowledge on maternal health care utilization in southern Laos.

C Phoxay1, J Okumura, Y Nakamura, S Wakai.   

Abstract

This study aims to clarify women's knowledge on obstetric care and to analyse the situation of maternal health care (MHC) utilization in southern Laos. Face to face structured questionnaire and focus group discussions were carried out for 205 mothers aged 29.6 +/- 6.7 who had children under the age of five. Three measurements of MHC utilization comprised: 1) antenatal care (ANC), 2) tetanus toxoid (TT) inoculation, and 3) attendance delivery by health professional. Women's knowledge on obstetric care was scored. Women's knowledge was positively correlated with ANC and TT inoculation. It was found that the women with strong superstitious belief were less likely to utilize all three types of MHC than the others. Accessibility to health care facilities strongly affected ANC and attendance delivery. Enhancing women's knowledge on obstetric care and reducing barriers related with sociocultural beliefs are essential to improving maternal health in southern Laos.

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Year:  2001        PMID： 12109254     DOI： 10.1177/101053950101300104

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Asia Pac J Public Health        ISSN： 1010-5395            Impact factor:   1.399


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