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Published in: Reproductive Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research

Practices and determinants of delivery by skilled birth attendants in Bangladesh

Authors: Nazrul Islam, Mohammad Tajul Islam, Yukie Yoshimura

Published in: Reproductive Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Introduction

Utilization of Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs) at birth is low (20%) in Bangladesh. Birth attendance by SBAs is considered as the “single most important factor in preventing maternal deaths”. This paper examined the practices and determinants of delivery by SBAs in rural Bangladesh.

Methods

The data come from the post-intervention survey of a cluster-randomized community controlled trial conducted to evaluate the impact of limited post-natal care (PNC) services on healthcare seeking behavior of women with a recent live birth in rural Bangladesh (n = 702). Multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify the potential determinants of delivery by SBAs.

Results

The respondents were aged between 16 and 45, with the mean age of 24.41 (± 5.03) years. Approximately one-third (30.06%) of the women had their last delivery by SBAs. Maternal occupation, parity, complications during pregnancy and antenatal checkup (ANC) by SBAs were the significant determinants of delivery by SBAs. Women who took antenatal care by SBAs were 2.62 times as likely (95% CI: 1.66, 4.14; p < 0.001) to have their delivery conducted by SBAs compared to those who did not, after adjusting for other covariates.

Conclusion

Our findings suggest that ANC by SBAs and complications during pregnancies are significant determinants of delivery by SBAs. Measure should be in place to promote antenatal checkup by SBAs to increase utilization of SBAs at birth in line with achieving the Millennium Development Goal-5. Future research should focus in exploring the unmet need for, and potential barriers in, the utilization of delivery by SBAs.
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Metadata
Title
Practices and determinants of delivery by skilled birth attendants in Bangladesh
Authors
Nazrul Islam
Mohammad Tajul Islam
Yukie Yoshimura
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Reproductive Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1742-4755
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-11-86

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