How maternity waiting home use influences attendance of antenatal and postnatal care

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245893
• Publication Date: 2021-01-22T22:38:07Z
• Authors: Julie M. Buser; Michelle L. Munro...; Philip T. Veliz; Xingyu Zhang; Nancy Lockhart; Godfrey Biemba; Thandiwe Ngoma; Nancy Scott; Jody R. Lori
• Keywords: Attendance; Postnatal Care

As highlighted in the International Year of Nurse and Midwife, access to quality nursing midwifery care is essential promote maternal-newborn health improve survival. One intervention aimed at improving reducing underutilization pregnancy services construction maternity waiting homes (MWHs). The purpose this study was assess whether there a significant change antenatal (ANC) postnatal (PNC) attendance, family planning use, vaccination rates before after implementation Core MWH Model rural Zambia. A quasi-experimental controlled before-and-after design used evaluate impact by assessing associations between ANC PNC for mothers who gave birth child past 13 months. Twenty facilities received 20 were identified as comparison facilities. Before-and-after community surveys carried out. Multivariable logistic regression association use attendance. total sample includes 4711 mothers. Mothers had better than did not MWH. All appeared fare across these outcomes endline. We found an newborn outcomes. Maternity may serve catalyst facility vulnerable