Nathan, Lisa M., Shi, Quihu, Plewniak, Kari, Zhang, Charles, Nsabimana, Damien, Sklar, Marc, Mutimura, Eugene, Merkatz, Irwin R., Einstein, Mark H., and Anastos, Kathryn
To evaluate the effectiveness of decentralizing ambulatory reproductive and intrapartum services to increase rates of antenatal care (ANC) utilization and skilled attendance at birth (SAB) in Rwanda. A prospective cohort study was implemented with one control and two intervention sites: decentralized ambulatory reproductive healthcare and decentralized intrapartum care. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed with primary outcome of lack of SAB and secondary outcome of [greater than or equal to]3 ANC visits. 536 women were entered in the study. Distance lived from delivery site significantly predicted SAB (p = 0.007), however distance lived to ANC site did not predict [greater than or equal to]3 ANC visits (p = 0.81). Neither decentralization of ambulatory reproductive healthcare (p = 0.10) nor intrapartum care (p = 0.40) was significantly associated with SAB. The control site had the greatest percentage of women receive [greater than or equal to]3 ANC visits (p < 0.001). Receiving, Author(s): Lisa M. Nathan[sup.1] , Quihu Shi[sup.2] , Kari Plewniak[sup.1] , Charles Zhang[sup.3] , Damien Nsabimana[sup.4] , Marc Sklar[sup.1] , Eugene Mutimura[sup.5] , Irwin R. Merkatz[sup.1] , Mark H. Einstein[sup.1] [...]