Factors related to the utilization of prenatal care in Vietnam.

J Trop Med Hyg

Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7460.

Published: April 1993

Data from the 1988 Vietnam Demographic and Health Survey and 1990 Vietnam Accessibility of Contraceptives Survey were used in this analysis of the influence of selected individual and community characteristics on the utilization of prenatal care in Vietnam. Specific analysis of the impact of availability of health services and other development characteristics of the community on utilization of prenatal care was done in a rural subsample. The woman's educational level and total number of living children were the most significant predictors of prenatal care utilization. Age independent of parity did not significantly affect the use of prenatal care. Rural women and women living in provinces with the highest infant mortality rates were significantly less likely to use prenatal services than their counterparts in the urban areas and provinces with low infant mortality rates. Non-physician health care providers were the main sources of prenatal care for women in both rural and urban areas.

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