Associations of government health expenditures, the supply of health care professionals, and country literacy with prenatal care use in ten West African countries

Social and health care context may influence prenatal care use. We studied associations of government health expenditures, supply of health care professionals, and country literacy rates with prenatal care use in ten West African countries, controlling for individual factors. We used data from Demographic and Health Surveys (n = 58,512) and random effect logistic regression models to estimate the likelihood of having any prenatal care and adequate prenatal care. Each percentage increase in the literacy rate was associated with 4% higher odds of having adequate prenatal care (p = .029). Higher literacy rates among women may help to promote adequate prenatal care

Context (archaeology · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Geography · Government (linguistics · Health care · Health literacy · Literacy · Logistic regression · Odds · Population · Prenatal care · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Nursing

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