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dc.contributor.authorMakate, Marshall
dc.contributor.authorMakate, C.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T07:59:40Z
dc.date.available2018-02-19T07:59:40Z
dc.date.created2018-02-19T07:13:36Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationMakate, M. and Makate, C. 2017. Prenatal care utilization in Zimbabwe: Examining the role of community-level factors. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 7 (4): pp. 255-262.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65789
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jegh.2017.08.005
dc.description.abstract

© 2017 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia This paper assesses the importance of community-level factors on prenatal care utilization in Zimbabwe. The analysis is performed using data from the two most recent rounds of the nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey for Zimbabwe conducted in 2005/06 and 2010/11 linked with other community-level data. We use logistic, generalized linear regressions as well as multilevel mixed models to examine the factors associated with the frequency, timing and quality of prenatal care. Our results suggest that contraceptive prevalence, religious composition, density of nurses, health expenditures per capita and availability of government hospitals in communities are important predictors of prenatal care use in Zimbabwe. These findings have important implications for public health policy in Zimbabwe – a country with unfavorable maternal and child health outcomes.

dc.publisherChurchill Livingstone
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.titlePrenatal care utilization in Zimbabwe: Examining the role of community-level factors
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume7
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage255
dcterms.source.endPage262
dcterms.source.issn2210-6006
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Epidemiology and Global Health
curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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