TY - JOUR
AU - Bishwajit, Ghose
AB - Background: Ensuring equitable access to maternal health care including antenatal, delivery, postnatal services and fertility control methods, is one of the most critical challenges for public health sector. There are significant disparities in maternal health care indicators across many geographical locations, maternal, economic, socio- demographic factors in many countries in sub-Sahara Africa. In this study, we comparatively explored the utilization level of maternal health care, and examined disparities in the determinants of major maternal health outcomes. Methods: This paper used data from two rounds of Benin Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) to examine the utilization and disparities in factors of maternal health care indicators using logistic regression models. Participants were 17,794 and 16,599 women aged between15–49 years in 2006 and 2012 respectively. Women’s characteristics were reported in percentage, mean and standard deviation. Results: Mean (±SD) age of the participants was 29.0 (±9.0) in both surveys. The percentage of at least 4 ANC visits was approximately 61% without any change between the two rounds of surveys, facility based delivery was 93.5% in 2012, with 4.9% increase from 2006; postnatal care was currently 18.4% and contraceptive use was estimated below one-fifth. The results of multivariable logistic regression models showed disparities in 
TI - Inequalities in maternal health care utilization in Benin: a population based cross-sectional study
JF - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
DO - 10.1186/s12884-018-1846-6
DA - 2018-05-31
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/inequalities-in-maternal-health-care-utilization-in-benin-a-population-8Cs9JqIv3d
SP - 1
EP - 9
VL - 18
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -