Association Between Socio-economic Factors and Practices of Postnatal Care Among Women of Childbearing Age in Northwestern Cambodia

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· 발행기관 : 국제개발협력학회
· 수록지 정보 : 국제개발협력연구 / 13권 / 2호 / 69 ~ 80페이지
· 저자명 : 김수정, 김상균, 찌어 초반, 신수진, 오창석, 배경의, 김성민

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Purpose: Lack of social infrastructure and large regional gaps exist in Cambodia and in particular, Battambang, Pursat, and Pailin in the northwest area. Maternal and Child Health indicators are also low due to insufficient supply of quality health care services. The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting postnatal care (PNC) practice in three target provinces of the Cambodian 2nd Integrated Maternal and Child Healthcare Project supported by Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH).
Originality: This is a valuable study to understand the relevance of PNC practice to socio-economic levels of childbearing aged women in Northwestern Cambodia. Methodology: A comprehensive survey was conducted on 705 women of childbearing age in the project area who had experience in pregnancy within the last two years. Chi-square analyses were performed to identify the relationships between socio-economic characteristics and variables related to PNC. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors affecting PNC practice.
Result: The proportion of 10-29 years old was the highest in all three regions. The behavior of PNC according to socio-economic characteristics was significantly different by region, age, husband’s job, transportation like motorcycles, and residential conditions like water pump, electricity. In the results of multiple logistic regression analyses, the PNC practice rate in Pailin was 2.12 times higher than that of Battambang (p=0.004), and women with good residential conditions had 1.61 times higher practice than that of women with poor residential conditions for PNC (p=0.003). Conclusions and Implication: PNC is the care necessary for the mother and her newborn baby after delivery. We found that women have the different practice rates of PNC according to their regions and living conditions. Therefore, in order to improve PNC practice rates, the government should make efforts to reduce the gap between regions such as supporting physical infrastructure to expand accessibility, increasing social capital, and expanding educational opportunities for the importance of PNC.

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