Abstract
Abstract
 Antenatal Care (ANC) is one of the four pillars initiatives of the Safe Motherhood. Since MMR is high in rural areas of Bangladesh so to reduce MMR the uptake of ANC visit from trained provider is important. The objective of this study was to see the trends of 4+ ANC visit and identify the factors associated with the number of antenatal visits in rural areas.This study used the data generated from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2004-2014 to observe the trends and factors associated of 4+ ANC visit. The results of bivariate and multivariate analyses confirm that divisions, wealth, education and media exposure had strong influence on rural women’s 4 + ANC visit. Result of logistic regression model shows that poor and less educated women of rural areas were less likely to seek 4+ ANC visit than urban areas. This outcome of the paper suggests that rural women economic status and education has significant effect on 4+ ANC visit. The findings will help to design appropriate strategies, programs and policies for the improvement of rural women’s maternal healthcare seeking behaviour.
Highlights
Antenatal care means regular checkups of pregnant women by a trained midwife or doctors to make sure healthy pregnancy and safe delivery
There are fewer studies on antenatal care explored the factors of use by frequency of Antenatal Care (ANC) visits, reasonably and through inferential analyses (Beeckman, Louckx, & Putman, 2010; Gayawan, 2014; Guliani, Sepehri, & Serieux, 2013; Magadi, Madise, & Rodrigues, 2000; Sepehri, Sarma, Simpson, & Moshiri, 2008; Shrestha, 2013)
Different studies have focused on antenatal care in Bangladesh (Finlayson & Downe, 2013; Simkhada, Teijlingen, Porter, & Simkhada, 2008), but only a few of them showing the association of the number of antenatal visits with different socio-economic factors (Amrin, 2016; Halim et al, 2010; Pervin et al, 2012)
Summary
Antenatal care means regular checkups of pregnant women by a trained midwife or doctors to make sure healthy pregnancy and safe delivery. In Bangladesh, per year, pregnancy-related complications kill about 12,000 pregnant women (Amrin, 2016). This study aims to identify the trend and determinants of 4+ antenatal visits by the rural women of Bangladesh.
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