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BackgroundMaternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in Indonesia is still high, 305, compared to 240 deaths per 100,000 in South East Asian Region. The use of Traditional Birth Attendance (TBA) as a cascade for maternal health and delivery, suspected to be the pocket of the MMR problem. The study aimed to assess the influence of traditional practices on maternal health services in Indonesia.MethodsWe used two data sets of national surveys for this secondary data analysis. The samples included 14,798 mothers whose final delivery was between January 2005 and August 2010. The dependent variables were utilization of maternal healthcare, including receiving antenatal care (ANC≥4), attended by skilled birth attendance (SBA), and having a facility-based delivery (FBD). The independent variables were the use of traditional practices, type of family structure, and TBA density. We run a Multivariate logistic regression for the analysis by controlling all the covariates.ResultsTraditional practices and high TBA density have significantly inhibited the mother’s access to maternal health services. Mothers who completed antenatal care were 15.6% lost the cascade of facility-based delivery. The higher the TBA population, the lower cascade of the use of Maternal Health Services irrespective of the economic quintile. Mothers in villages with a high TBA density had significantly lower odds (AOR = 0.30; CI = 0.24–0.38; p<0.01) than mothers in towns with low TBA density. Moreover, mothers who lived in an extended family had positively significantly higher odds (AOR = 1.33, CI = 1.17–1.52; p<0.01) of using maternal health services.DiscussionNot all mothers who have received proper antenatal delivered the baby in health care facilities or preferred a traditional birth attendance instead. Traditional practices influenced the ideal utilization of maternal health care. Maternal health care utilization can be improved by community empowerment through the maternal health policy to easier mothers get delivery in a health care facility.

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  • Indonesian maternal mortality ratio (MMR), according to the Intercencus Population Survey (SUPAS) 2015, was 305 per 100,000 live births [1]

  • Mothers who completed antenatal care were 15.6% lost the cascade of facility-based delivery

  • Not all mothers who have received proper antenatal delivered the baby in health care facilities or preferred a traditional birth attendance instead

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Indonesian maternal mortality ratio (MMR), according to the Intercencus Population Survey (SUPAS) 2015, was 305 per 100,000 live births [1] It had been reducing from 359 in 2012; it is remained high compared to the neighboring countries with an average of 240 [2]. The second and third delays are accessing care at a healthcare facility related to geographic barriers and problems with transportation; lastly, delay in receiving care because of the health service quality in healthcare facilities [3]. These three types of delays together caused 85.7 percent of maternal deaths. The study aimed to assess the influence of traditional practices on maternal health services in Indonesia

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