Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Autor/inn/en	Guo, Fuyu; Xiong, Huayi; Qi, Xinran; Takesue, Rie; Zou, Siyu; He, Qiwei; Frasco, Eric; Wang, Hanyu; Tang, Kun
Titel	Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 48 (2021) 5, S.700-709 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tang, Kun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/10901981211010438
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Health Behavior; Mothers; Access to Health Care; Pregnancy; Birth; Prenatal Care; Individual Characteristics; Educational Attainment; Knowledge Level; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Geographic Regions; Socioeconomic Influences; Mass Media Effects; Place of Residence; Health Promotion; Socioeconomic Status; Marital Status; Health Insurance; Religion; Ethnicity; Congo + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Mother; Mutter; Schwangerschaft; Geburt; Pränatale Versorgung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Wissensbasis; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Wohnort; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Familienstand; Krankenversicherung; Ethnizität; Kongo
Abstract	Maternal health-seeking behavior (MHSB) is crucial for maternal health. However, little is known about MHSB in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This study aims to evaluate the situation and socioeconomic associates of MHSB in the DRC. Based on the responses of 8,360 participants in a nationally representative survey, we adopted a K-modes cluster analysis algorithm to categorize women into three groups (i.e., infrequent service-users, partial service-users, and full service-users) according to their recent MHSB. Multinomial logistic regression was applied to identify the associated predictors of MHSB. The results show that most women (90.29%) did not receive integral maternal health services, including antenatal care, institutional delivery, and postnatal care. Compared with their counterparts, women who received higher maternal educational attainment, had good HIV-related knowledge, lived in urban regions, and lived in wealthier households were more likely to be partial service-users or full service-users. Women exposed to mass media at least once a week were more likely to be full service-users rather than infrequent service-users. The majority of participants who lived in Kasai and near provinces were infrequent service-users, indicating poor MHSB status in the region. Interventions to promote maternal health knowledge and awareness are highly recommended to improve MHSB in the DRC. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01