Yibeltal Kifle Alemayehu
Ethiopia
Research Article
Antenatal Care Utilization in Debre Tabor, North West Ethiopia
Author(s): Gebeyeu Tsega Nebeb, Waju Beyene Salgedo and Yibeltal Kifle AlemayehuGebeyeu Tsega Nebeb, Waju Beyene Salgedo and Yibeltal Kifle Alemayehu
Background: Globally, millions of women and newborns suffer from illness related to pregnancy and childbirth each year as result of low maternity care services utilization with higher share being from poor countries.
Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Debre Tabor town from February 20 to March 21, 2013. Three hundred and seventeen women who gave birth one year prior to the study period participated in the study. The sample size was determined by single population proportion formula with assumption of 95% confidence interval, 5% margin of error. We used a pretested structured questionnaire for data collection. Five diploma-graduated trained data collectors and one BSC graduate supervisor collected the data. We entered data in to computer by Epidata version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS 20 for window. The associati.. View More»
