BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms during pregnancy can have multiple adverse effects on perinatal outcomes, including maternal morbidity and mortality. The potential impact of antenatal depressive symptoms on maternal health care use, however, has been little explored in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). This paper investigates whether maternal health care utilisation varies as a function o...

BACKGROUND High levels of satisfaction among women with the antenatal care services will increase the compliance of antenatal visits during pregnancy. Thus, this study was done to assess the level of satisfaction among women on the quality of antenatal care received and the factors influencing thereof. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the three zones of Sarawak. Women age...

Evidence to support that antenatal screenings and interventions are effective in reducing maternal mortality has been scanty and studies have presented contradictory findings. In addition, antenatal care utilization is poorly characterized in studies. As an exposure under investigation, antenatal care should be well defined. However, measures typically only account for the frequency and timing ...

BACKGROUND Although antenatal care coverage in Tanzania is high, worrying gaps exist in terms of its quality and ability to prevent, diagnose or treat complications. Moreover, much less is known about the utilisation of postnatal care, by which we mean the care of mother and baby that begins one hour after the delivery until six weeks after childbirth. We describe the perspectives and experienc...

Antenatal care in the 1990s has six functions (box). The first two are the same as any performed in an outpatient clinic (treatment of symptoms); the second two relate to multiphasic screening of which antenatal care was an early example; and the third pair are part of health education. Antenatal care in the United Kingdom is performed by a range of professionals-midwives, general practitioners...

OBJECTIVES To provide an accurate estimate of antenatal HIV screening and its determinants among pregnant women in El Salvador and help local authorities make informed decisions for targeted interventions around mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). METHODS A total sample of 4,730 women aged 15-49 years were interviewed from a random sample of 3,625 households. We collected data on antenatal c...

Background: Involving husbands and men in decision-making processes can play a crucial role antenatal care uptake utilisation. However, often lack necessary knowledge have misleading beliefs perceptions. Subjects Method: The current research was an analytical cross sectional study conducted Embakasi South Sub county, Nairobi, Kenya which sought to assess the attitude towards among men. Kelsey e...