Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach
This article was published in the Plos One [© 2017 Plos One] and the definite version is available at : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 . The Journal's website is at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169109
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10361-89132019-09-30T03:15:24Z Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach Shahabuddin, Asm Nöstlinger, Christiana Delvaux, Thérèse Sarker, Malabika Delamou, Alexandre Bardají, Azucena Broerse, Jacqueline E. W. Brouwere, Vincent De Maternal health Health care Adolescent This article was published in the Plos One [© 2017 Plos One] and the definite version is available at : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 . The Journal's website is at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 Background The huge proportion of child marriage contributes to high rates of pregnancies among adolescent girls in Bangladesh. Despite substantial progress in reducing maternal mortality in the last two decades, the rate of adolescent pregnancy remains high. The use of skilled maternal health services is still low in Bangladesh. Several quantitative studies described the use of skilled maternal health services among adolescent girls. So far, very little qualitative evidence exists about attitudes and practices related to maternal health. To fill this gap, we aimed at exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of adolescent girls and their experiences related to pregnancy and delivery in Bangladesh. Methods and Findings A prospective qualitative study was conducted among thirty married adolescent girls from three Upazilas (sub-districts) of Rangpur district. They were interviewed in two subsequent phases (2014 and 2015). To triangulate and validate the data collected from these married adolescent girls, key informant interviews (KIIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with different stakeholders. Data analysis was guided by the Social-Ecological Model (SEM) including four levels of factors (individual, interpersonal and family, community and social, and organizational and health systems level) which influenced the maternal health care-seeking behavior of adolescent girls. While adolescent girls showed little decision making-autonomy, interpersonal and family level factors played an important role in their use of skilled maternal health services. In addition, community and social factors and as well as organizational and health systems factors shaped adolescent girls’ maternal health care-seeking behavior. Conclusions In order to improve the maternal health of adolescent girls, all four levels of factors of SEM should be taken into account while developing health interventions targeting adolescent girls. Published 2018-01-04T04:43:52Z 2018-01-04T04:43:52Z 2017-01-17 Article Shahabuddin A, Nöstlinger C, Delvaux T, Sarker M, Delamou A, Bardají A, et al. (2017) Exploring Maternal Health Care-Seeking Behavior of Married Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh: A Social-Ecological Approach. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169109. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 19326203 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/8913 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 en http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 application/pdf © Plos One 2016 |
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Maternal health Health care Adolescent Shahabuddin, Asm Nöstlinger, Christiana Delvaux, Thérèse Sarker, Malabika Delamou, Alexandre Bardají, Azucena Broerse, Jacqueline E. W. Brouwere, Vincent De Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach |
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This article was published in the Plos One [© 2017 Plos One] and the definite version is available at : https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 . The Journal's website is at: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169109 |
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Shahabuddin, Asm Nöstlinger, Christiana Delvaux, Thérèse Sarker, Malabika Delamou, Alexandre Bardají, Azucena Broerse, Jacqueline E. W. Brouwere, Vincent De |
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Shahabuddin, Asm Nöstlinger, Christiana Delvaux, Thérèse Sarker, Malabika Delamou, Alexandre Bardají, Azucena Broerse, Jacqueline E. W. Brouwere, Vincent De |
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Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach |
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Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach |
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Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach |
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Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach |
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Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: a social-ecological approach |
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exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in bangladesh: a social-ecological approach |
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