Authors : Iftekher Hossain and Mohammad Mainul Hoque
Abstract: Appropriate delivery care is important for both maternal and newborn health. It is true that most women do not experience major problems during childbirth; complications that arise are sudden and unpredictable and require immediate attention. If such complications occur in a facility well equipped to handle such emergencies or in the presence of a trained medical attendant then maternal and prenatal outcomes can greatly improve. This paper is deliberated to identify the factors that influence the choice of delivery care of slum women in Dhaka city. Identification and analysis of determinants of choices of delivery care is quite important for a resource starved country like Bangladesh. Because analysis of the determinants will help the policy makers to design some new policy measures that overcome the shortcomings in the existing delivery system so that current utilization rate of modern delivery facilities by urban slum women is increased.
Iftekher Hossain and Mohammad Mainul Hoque , 2005. Determinants of Choices of Delivery Care in Some Urban Slums of Dhaka City . Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 3: 469-475.