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Do Women Empowerment Indicators Predict Receipt Of Quality Antenatal Care In Cameroon? Evidence From A Nationwide Survey, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, Kenneth Setorwu Adde, Obidimma Ezezika
Do Women Empowerment Indicators Predict Receipt Of Quality Antenatal Care In Cameroon? Evidence From A Nationwide Survey, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, Kenneth Setorwu Adde, Obidimma Ezezika
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Background
World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends quality antenatal care (ANC) for all pregnant women, as one of the strategies for achieving targets 3.1 and 3.2 of the sustainable development goals. Maternal mortality ratio remains high in Cameroon (782 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births). Extant literature suggest a positive association between women empowerment indicators and maternal healthcare utilisation in general. In Cameroon, this association has not received scholarly attention. To fill this knowledge gap, we investigated the association between women empowerment indicators and quality ANC in Cameroon.
Methods
Data of 4615 women of reproductive age were analysed from the women’s …