Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of awareness and visitation of community clinic among ever married women: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2017–2018

Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of awareness and visitation of community clinic among ever married women: evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2017–2018

ObjectivesBangladesh has made remarkable progress in improving the population’s health, but maternal health and healthcare facilities are still in a vulnerable situation. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and determinants of awareness and visitation of community clinics (CCs) in Banglade...

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Published in:BMJ open Vol. 13; no. 2; p. e067823
Main Authors: Al-Zubayer, Md Akib, Shanto, Hasibul Hasan, Kumkum, Rabeya, Alam, Sk Tasnuva, Ahammed, Benojir
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 09-02-2023
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Series:Original research
Subjects:
Bangladesh - epidemiology
Births
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Epidemiology
Family Characteristics
Family Conflict
Female
Health facilities
Health policy
Health surveys
Hospitals
Households
Humans
Infant mortality
Male
Maternal mortality
Population
Prevalence
PRIMARY CARE
Public Health
Quality of service
Rural areas
Socioeconomic Factors
Variables
Womens health
Bangladesh
PUBLIC HEALTH
Health policy
Epidemiology
PRIMARY CARE
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Summary:ObjectivesBangladesh has made remarkable progress in improving the population’s health, but maternal health and healthcare facilities are still in a vulnerable situation. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and determinants of awareness and visitation of community clinics (CCs) in Bangladesh.DesignA population-based cross-sectional study.SettingThe data were collected from the most recent Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2017–2018.ParticipantsThis study’s participants are 18 893 women aged 15–49 years throughout all administrative regions.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe outcomes are awareness and visitation of CCs, defined as if women are aware and visit of CCs.Materials and methodsDescriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate binary logistics analysis were used to determine the prevalence and associated factors of awareness and visitation of CCs.ResultsThe prevalence of awareness and visitation to CCs were 60.26% and 15.92%, respectively. The result of the multivariate analysis revealed that higher education, division and higher number of children were significantly positively associated, whereas the richest wealth index was significantly negatively associated with both awareness and visitation to CCs. Furthermore, the urban residence was negatively and respondent involvement in currently working was positively significantly related to awareness of CCs. Moreover, male household heads and exposure to media were significantly positively related to visitation to CCs.ConclusionThe study result highlights that more than half of the women were aware of CCs however, the CCs’ visit rates were comparatively low. Priority-based public health programmes for women through community health workers are urgently needed to increase the awareness and visitation of CCs.
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ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067823