Mekonnen Yared, Mekonnen Asnakech
Ethio-Netherlands AIDS Research Project, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, PO Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2003 Dec;21(4):374-82.
This study examined the factors that influence the use of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia and particularly assessed the use of antenatal and delivery-care services. Data for the study were drawn from the 2000 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was employed to explore the relative importance of a number of demographic and sociocultural variables in the likelihood of using these services. Results of the study showed that the coverage of maternity-care services was very low in Ethiopia, i.e. about 27% and 6% of women, respectively, received professionally-assisted antenatal and delivery-care services in the five years preceding the survey. The study also revealed that demographic and sociocultural factors were the most important aspects that influenced the use of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia. The independent factors influencing the use of maternal healthcare services included education of mothers, marital status, place of residence, parity, and religion. However, this cannot detract from the relevance of service-related factors, especially in the rural areas of the country.
本研究考察了影响埃塞俄比亚孕产妇保健服务利用情况的因素，尤其评估了产前和分娩护理服务的利用情况。该研究的数据取自2000年埃塞俄比亚人口与健康调查。采用多变量逻辑回归分析来探究一系列人口和社会文化变量在使用这些服务可能性方面的相对重要性。研究结果表明，埃塞俄比亚孕产妇保健服务的覆盖率非常低，即在调查前的五年中，分别约有27%和6%的妇女接受了专业辅助的产前和分娩护理服务。该研究还表明，人口和社会文化因素是影响埃塞俄比亚孕产妇保健服务利用的最重要方面。影响孕产妇保健服务利用的独立因素包括母亲的教育程度、婚姻状况、居住地、胎次和宗教信仰。然而，这并不减损与服务相关因素的相关性，尤其是在该国农村地区。
