Factors Associated With Timely First Antenatal Care Booking Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics In Asella Town Public Health Institutions Arsi Zone Oromia Regional State Ethiopia 2017

Background: The burden of maternal mortality is the issue of both developed and developingrncountries, especially sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. This is known due to poor qualityrnof maternal health care services. Almost all causes of maternal death are preventable, so ANCrnis the entry point to tackle those causes of maternal death as well as complications duringrnpregnancy. However, early initiation of first ANC visit is not well practiced in country Ethiopiarnaccording to evidences different literatures. Due to this reason many mothers died because ofrnpregnancy complications.rnObjective: To assess factors associated with timely booking of first antenatal care visit amongrnpregnant women attending ANC clinics in Asella town public health institutions, Ethiopia,2017rnMethods: Facility based Cross-Sectional study design was conducted from March – April,rn2017 to assess the timing of first ANC booking and associated factors on 334 pregnant women.rnStudy subjects were selected by using systematic random sampling. Data was collected by 3rnBSc midwives recruited from other health facility and supervised by one Ass. Lecturer. Datarnwas collected by questionnaire and entered onto a computer using Epi-info 7 statistical programrnthen exported to SPSS version 22 for analysis. Logistic regression model was used to predictrntiming of first ANC booking and associated factors. Lastly, Significant of statistical associationrnwas assured or tested using 95% confidence interval (CI) and p value (

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