Barriers and enablers to emergency obstetric and newborn care services use in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative case study

M Alemayehu, B Yakob, N Khuzwayo - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Globally, 11.4 million untreated obstetric complications did not receive
Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) services yearly, with the highest burden …

Effect of couple-based health education on male-partners knowledge and attitude towards maternity waiting homes in rural Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized trial

TE Yarinbab, HA Gesesew, MS Harrison… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This cluster-randomized controlled trial examined the effect of couple-based health
education on male partners' knowledge and attitude towards maternity waiting homes …

Effectiveness of couple-based health education on utilization of maternity waiting homes among pregnant women in rural Ethiopia: A study protocol for cluster …

TE Yarinbab, HA Gesesew, T Belachew - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background Maternity waiting homes are used to enhance women's access to health
facilities in low-resource settings; however, its use remains low in Ethiopia. It is important to …

Knowledge and attitude of women towards maternity waiting homes and associated factors among women who gave birth in the last twelve months in Dega Damot …

TA Anteneh, AA Solomon, AT Tamiru… - Frontiers in Global …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Maternal waiting homes have been identified as one strategy to reduce
maternal and perinatal mortality by bringing women living in hard-to-reach areas closer to a …

[HTML][HTML] A phenomenological qualitative study of male-partners perspectives of maternity waiting homes in rural Ethiopia

TE Yarinbab, HA Gesesew, T Belachew - Public Health in Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The implementation of maternity waiting home (MWH) has been used as a
strategy to improve maternal health outcomes in low-resource settings such as Ethiopia …

Factors associated with knowledge and attitude towards maternity waiting homes among pregnant women: Baseline results from a cluster-randomized trial in rural …

TE Yarinbab, HA Gesesew, MS Harrison… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Ethiopia has implemented maternity waiting homes over the last several decades; however,
its utilization is low. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with knowledge of and …

Inequality in maternal delays related to maternal death at home and en route to a health facility in Ethiopia: insights from national mortality surveillance data

N Tesfay, G Hailu, R Tariku, H Firde… - BMJ open, 2025 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aims to quantify and identify the contributors to inequity in the maternal
mortality risk index for deaths occurring at home and en route to health facilities. Design and …

Evaluation of a community-based intervention package to improve knowledge of obstetric danger signs, birth preparedness, and institutional delivery care utilization in …

MK Gurara, V Draulans, Y Jacquemyn… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Maternal healthcare utilization, particularly the institutional delivery, is
disproportionately low in rural Ethiopia. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an …

Effect of health education provided to couples on maternal knowledge, attitude and use of maternity waiting homes in rural Ethiopia: A cluster-randomized trial

TE Yarinbab, HA Gesesew, T Belachew - Midwifery, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Maternity waiting home (MWH) has been advocated as an approach to improve
women's access to obstetric services in low-resource settings; however, its use remains low …