Determinants of Maternal Child Health in Adama Town, Ethiopia

The present study was conducted to identify and examine the influence of selected demographic and socioeconomic factors on the utilization of antenatal care, delivery care and under-five immunization coverage. It has employed cross sectional study design and households survey questionnaire to collect data. The study has applied multi-stage and systematic random sampling techniques and interviewed 122 randomly selected mothers of reproductive age (15-49 years) identified as having a pregnancy outcome or being mothers of a child aged 12-59 months a year preceding the survey. Logistic regression technique was used to determine the effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on outcome variables. The results showed that 80.3% of the women had at least one antenatal care visit, 60.7% of the women had skill delivery and 68.9% of the under-five children have completed all the recommended vaccines. Overall, utilization of these services was considered to be fairly high, but needs demonstrated efforts.

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Seyoum Atile tem um Mestrado em Economia do Desenvolvimento e um Mestrado em Planeamento de Desenvolvimento Demográfico e Sócio-económico. Participou em vários programas e formações de desenvolvimento. Trabalhou como gestor sénior de programas em diferentes organizações na Etiópia. Actualmente a trabalhar como Director Adjunto de Programas na Population Services International/Ethiopia.