Multilevel and spatial analysis of factors influencing non-institutional delivery care utilization among Ugandan women: insights from the 2016 UDHS
Non-institutional deliveries in Uganda are shaped by a combination of individual and community-level factors, with clear spatial disparities. Policy interventions should prioritize expanding access to secondary education, improving the quality and reach of maternal healthcare services, enhancing infrastructure, and addressing socioeconomic inequalities to reduce non-institutional deliveries.
Authors
- Gobopamang Letamo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7256-4700)
- Moses Festo Towongo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8802-1823)
- Kannan Navaneetham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5847-4669)
- Enock Ngome
Institutions
- University of Botswana (BW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25131-8
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00