Effect of women's intra-household bargaining power on postnatal and infant healthcare in rural Uganda-Results from a cross sectional survey in Kyenjojo district.

Decision-making power and access to and control over resources are key elements of women's bargaining power within a household, and plays an important role in improving healthcare seeking behaviours for women and their children, which in turn augment maternal and child health outcomes. We examined the relationship between intra-household bargaining power and utilization of postnatal and child healthcare services within 6 months after delivery, based on cross-sectional survey data from Kyenjojo district, Tooro sub-region of Western Uganda. We assessed independent associations between women's intra-household bargaining autonomy and postnatal care attendance using a modified Poisson approach for common outcomes.