Association between the ownership of home-based records and continuous, quality maternal and child health service utilisation: a multi-country analysis of Demographic Health Surveys from 18 low- and middle-income countries
Owning HBR was positively associated with greater use of quality MCH services. However, no significant differences were observed for MCHHBs, despite MCHHB ownership being significantly associated with improved uptakes of urine and blood tests. Further research is needed to explore the influence of actual HBR use, provider-related factors, and variations in HBR content and type.
Authors
- Masahide Kondo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6021-4375)
- Akiko Saito
Institutions
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Bunkyo Gakuin University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.16.04052
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science