Browsing by Author "Atukunda, Esther Cathyln"

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    When women deliver at home with no one present: Are health care systems in Uganda driving women away?
    (Research Square, 2019) Atukunda, Esther Cathyln; Mugyenyi, Godfrey R.; Obua, Celestino; Najjuma, Josephine; Aturinda, Isaac; Agaba, Edgar; Ware, Norma C.; Matthews, Lynn T.
    Uganda’s maternal mortality remains unacceptably high, with thousands of women and newborns still dying of preventable deaths from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Despite the fact that over 95% of women in Uganda attend at least one antenatal care (ANC) visit, over 30% of women still deliver at home with no skilled birth attendant, many choosing to come to hospital after experiencing a complication. We explored barriers to women’s decisions to deliver in a health care facility among postpartum women in rural southwestern Uganda, to ultimately inform interventions aimed at improving skilled facility births.