https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:39113 Tue 10 May 2022 14:47:41 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:31115 Thu 14 Apr 2022 11:03:58 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36470 Thu 14 Apr 2022 11:00:48 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37084 Thu 14 Apr 2022 10:59:52 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35583 th week of gestation. Educational status, previous use of antenatal care and best friend’s use of maternal care were significant predisposing factors associated with at least one antenatal care visit. Type of kebele, wealth index and husband’s attitude towards antenatal care were significant enabling factors associated with at least one antenatal care consultation. Health Extension Workers providing home visits, perceived importance of ANC and awareness of pregnancy complications were significant need factor associated with at least one antenatal care consultation. Husband’s attitude towards ANC, head of the household, awareness of pregnancy complications, and history of abortion were predictors of attending four or more antenatal care visits. Conclusion: More than half of the women attended at least one antenatal care visit. A sizable proportion of women had infrequent and delayed antenatal care. Intervention efforts to improve antenatal care utilization should involve the following: improving women’s educational achievement, peer education programs to mobilize and support women, programs to change husbands’ attitudes, ameliorate the quality of antenatal care, increasing the Health Extension Worker’s home visits program, and increasing the awareness of pregnancy complications.]]> Thu 04 Nov 2021 10:38:40 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35582 Fri 06 Sep 2019 13:35:09 AEST ]]>