Safe Motherhood Practices Among Women of Urban Slums in Bangladesh

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15216386
AutoresM Mostafa Kamal (0000-0001-9838-4214, Islamic University, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume33
Fascículo8
Páginas719-738
Data de publicação2012-07-24
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2012.655387
PMID22827729
OpenAlexW2121174620
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas31

In this article we examine the prevalence and factors associated with the utilization of safe motherhood practices among slum-dwelling women of Bangladesh using the 2006 Bangladesh Urban Health Survey data. Overall, the utilization of maternal health care services was very low. The binary logistic regression analyses yielded significantly increased skilled services utilization for women with higher education levels, nonworking women, non-Muslims, women undergoing their first pregnancy, women who had lived in the slum longer, and amongst the rich. Awareness should be created through information, education, and communication programs, and services should be provided with minimum cost to promote safe motherhood practices among the urban poor in Bangladesh

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Logistic regression · Population · Slum · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare