Birth preparedness and complication readiness knowledge, practices and its associated factors among recently delivered women: A cross-sectional study in Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal
The overall 46.8% of women who prepared for birth and its complication readiness was found to be higher as compared to other reports. Encouraging women to utilize antenatal care, and such as sensitization of pregnant women, during ANC visit by the health workers, regarding components of BPCR, danger sign and symptoms during pregnancy, may enhance BPCR.
Authors
- Eak Narayan Poudel
- Asmita Ghimire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3739-386X)
- Mamta Chhetri
- Laxman Poudel
- Bipan Bahadur Tiwari
- Devraj Regmi
Institutions
- Chitwan Medical College (NP)
- Lumbini Eye Institute (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340376
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00