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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Research article

The role of community-based health services in influencing postnatal care visits in the Builsa and the West Mamprusi districts in rural Ghana

Authors: Evelyn Sakeah, Raymond Aborigo, James Kotuah Sakeah, Maxwell Dalaba, Ernest Kanyomse, Daniel Azongo, Dominic Anaseba, Samuel Oladokun, Abraham Rexford Oduro

Published in: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Globally, maternal mortality is still a challenge. In Ghana, maternal morbidity and mortality rates remain high, particularly in rural areas. Postnatal Care (PNC) is one of the key strategies for improving maternal health. This study examined determinants of at least three PNC visits in rural Ghana.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study at the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Zones in the Builsa and West Mamprusi Districts between April and June 2016. We selected 650 women who delivered within 5 years preceding the survey (325 from each of the two sites) using the two-stage random sampling technique.

Results

Of the 650 respondents, 62% reported attending postnatal care at least three times. In the Builsa district, the percentage of women who made at least three PNC visits were 90% compared with 35% in the West Mamprusi district. Older women and those who attended antenatal clinics at least four times (AOR: 5.23; 95% CI: 2.49–11.0) and women who had partners with some secondary education (AOR: 3.31; 95% CI: 1.17–9.39) were associated with at least three PNC visits.

Conclusions

Men engagement in maternal health services and the introduction of home-based PNC services in rural communities could help health workers reach out to many mothers and children promptly and improve PNC visits in those communities.
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Metadata
Title
The role of community-based health services in influencing postnatal care visits in the Builsa and the West Mamprusi districts in rural Ghana
Authors
Evelyn Sakeah
Raymond Aborigo
James Kotuah Sakeah
Maxwell Dalaba
Ernest Kanyomse
Daniel Azongo
Dominic Anaseba
Samuel Oladokun
Abraham Rexford Oduro
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2393
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1926-7

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