Completion of maternity continuum of care among women in the post-partum period

5^th World Congress on Women's Health and Midwifery

January 10, 2022 | Webinar

Melaku Hunie Asratie

University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Res Pract

Abstract :

Background: Labor companionship is a human interactive process that provides social support during the childbirth process. Despite it is one component of respectful maternity care that is used to quality assurance to achieve the sustainable goal of maternal and neonatal mortality reduction there is limited evidence about the current status of birth companionship. The study was aimed to assess labor companion and its associated factors at Debremarkos town public health facilities. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted. The study was conducted at Debremarkos town from February 1/2021 to March 30/2021. From the 559 sample size, 548 women participated in the study. A systematic random sampling technique was used. A pretested interviewer-administered questioner was used, data were entered and analyzed with Epi-data version 4.60 and SPSS version 25.0. Bivariable regression was done and variables with p-value