Prevalence and determinants of postnatal care utilization for women and newborns in Egypt (2000-2014)‎

Abstract EN

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors determining utilization of receiving postnatal care for mothers and newborns using logistic regression model.

A national representative data from Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) in 2000 and 2014 is used.

The findings of this study indicate that there is a rise in the proportion of receiving postnatal care for women and newborns between 2000 and 2014.

The results show that wealth index, husband's education, and women's education play an important role in raising the level of receiving postnatal care.

Moreover, the higher level of quality of health services would increase the utilization of postnatal care.

However, availability of health services has a positive effect on postnatal care utilization only in 2000.

Further research may identify the barriers which may prevent the mothers and their newborns to use postnatal care services