BACKGROUND
This prospective cohort study aims to document the process of decision making, and to understand the factors (individual, family, community, and health systems & services) influencing the decision making around maternal health care seeking. The study plans to follow a cohort of 1500 pregnant women through pregnancy up to 42 days after delivery to understand the decision-making process during antenatal, delivery and post-natal care seeking for the both mother and the child.
OBJECTIVES
- To examine the process of decision making around maternal health care seeking
- To understand the factors (individual, family, community, and health systems & services) that influence the decision making around maternal health care seeking
STUDY AREA
Selected areas under Dhaka North (Mohammadpur, Adabar, Darus Salam and Sher-e-Bangla Nagor) and South (Hazaribag) City Corporation
PARTNERS
- Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
- Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP)
- Data for Impact (D4I)
STATUS
Completed
DATE OF RESULT DISSEMINATION
25 June 2023
FOCAL PERSON
Shams El Arifeen shams@icddrb.org
Dr Fauzia Akhter Huda fauzia@icddrb.org
RESOURCES
Dissemination slide_Cohort Study
Understanding the dynamics of decision- making for maternal health care services in selected rural and urban areas of Bangladesh