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20057269

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Objectives: This paper sought to identify factors associated with modes of delivery assistance among adolescent mothers in rural Bangladesh. Methodology: Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey of 2004 data for the last 5 years (N = 867) were used. Univariate statistical analysis and multivariate logistic regression methods were employed in analyzing the data. Results: We observed that almost all adolescent deliveries (93.6 %) took place at home, and most (80.1%) were assisted by untrained traditional birth attendants, relatives or neighbours. Only 8.8% were attended by medically trained persons. Main factors affecting delivery practices among adolescents were mass media exposure, parents' education, antenatal care received, type of toilet facilities and visits by family planning workers (FPW), wanted last child and told about pregnancy complications. Conclusions: Results indicate several policy options to improve outcomes for adolescent mothers: (a) create awareness of appropriate behaviours during pregnancy, delivery and post-partum period, (b) ensure maternal healthcare centres are available, especially rurally, for antenatal care, expand and improve the quality of home births by trained providers and introduce post-partum visits, (c) increase the number of visits by family welfare visitors/family welfare assistants (FWV/FWA), and (d) emphasize adolescent education to make a lasting impact on the overall health of adolescent mothers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1718-3340
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Deliveries among adolescent mothers in rural Bangladesh: who provides assistance?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh. swaponru_2000@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article