Facilitators for maternity waiting home utilisation at Attat Hospital: a mixed-methods study based on 45 years of experience.

Objective: To describe facilitators for maternity waiting home (MWH) utilisation from the perspectives of MWH users and health staff.

Methods: Data collection took place over several time frames between March 2014 and January 2018 at Attat Hospital in Ethiopia, using a mixed-methods design. This included seven in-depth interviews with staff and users, three focus group discussions with 28 users and attendants, a structured questionnaire among 244 users, a 2-week observation period and review of annual facility reports.

Factors associated with intended use of a maternity waiting home in Southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

Background: Although Ethiopia is scaling up Maternity Waiting Homes (MWHs) to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality, women's use of MWHs varies markedly between facilities. To maximize MWH utilization, it is essential that policymakers are aware of supportive and inhibitory factors. This study had the objective to describe factors and perceived barriers associated with potential utilization of an MWH among recently delivered and pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia.

Comparison of pregnancy outcomes between maternity waiting home users and non-users at hospitals with and without a maternity waiting home: retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To examine the impact of a maternity waiting home (MWH) by comparing pregnancy outcomes between users and non-users at hospitals with and without an MWH.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study in Ethiopia comparing one hospital with an MWH (Attat) to a second hospital without one (Butajira). A structured questionnaire among sampled women in 2014 and hospital records from 2011 to 2014 were used to compare sociodemographic characteristics and pregnancy outcomes between Attat MWH users and non-MWH users, Attat MWH users and Butajira, and Attat non-MWH users and Butajira.

Emergency obstetric care provision in Southern Ethiopia: a facility-based survey.

Objectives: To assess the provision of basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC), knowledge of high-risk pregnancies and referral capacity at health centres in Southern Ethiopia.

Design: A facility-based survey, using an abbreviated version of the Averting Maternal Death and Disability needs assessment tool for emergency obstetric and newborn care. Modules included infrastructure, staffing, number of deliveries, maternal and perinatal mortality, BEmONC signal functions, referral capacity and knowledge of risk factors in pregnancy.