Maternal health services utilisation in Nepal

dc.contributor.author	Baral, Yuba Raj	en
dc.contributor.author	Lyons, Karen	en
dc.contributor.author	Skinner, Jo	en
dc.contributor.author	Teijlingen, van Edwin	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-19T11:12:42Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-19T11:12:42Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1439
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	developing countries
dc.subject	Maternal health services
dc.subject	Pregnancy
dc.subject	Μητρική υγεία
dc.subject	Εγκυμοσύνη
dc.subject	Νότια Ασία
dc.subject	Ανάληψη υπηρεσίας
dc.subject	Αναπτυσσόμενες χώρες
dc.subject	South Asia
dc.subject	Service uptake
dc.title	Maternal health services utilisation in Nepal	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	progress in the new millennium?	en
heal.generalDescription	Editorial article	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Gynecology
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Γυναικολογία
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heal.publicationDate	2012-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Baral, Y., Lyons, K., Skinner, J. & Teijlingen, E. (2012) Maternal health services utilisation in Nepal: progress in the new millennium?. “Health Science Journal”. 6 (4). pp. 618-633.	en
heal.abstract	Aim: This review was to explore the range and pattern of maternal health services utilisation in Nepal over the past decade. Method: It is based on Nepal demographic and health surveys 2001 and 2006, and literature reviewed from across the globe and related to the Nepalese context. Different aspects of maternal health care, i.e. antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC), delivery care, skilled birth attendance (SBA) and family planning (FP) services were reviewed. Results: There is significant difference in utilisation of maternal health services according to the socio-economic status of women and geographical location. Several factors affect the uptake of maternal health services, including (a) the woman’s age, her level of education, employment and income, wealth, location (e.g. rural/urban, ecological and development region), and number of living children in the family. The review found that educated women, those who live in urban areas and central and western regions of Nepal, who are the better-off households, are more likely to use maternal health services than others. Similarly, women who have more than three living children are less likely to use maternal health services (except for family planning services) than others. Conclusions: It is suggested that the government should give priority to women from lower socio-economic groups in different community interventions (e.g. providing schemes for partial funding community payment or pre-payment schemes, insurance programmes, private or social insurance, through subsidies). The government should also prioritise the establishment of new health facilities in remote and less developed areas together with developing road links to major urban areas of Nepal.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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heal.dateCreated	2012-10