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Determinants of the utilization of postpartum family visits: Evidence from rural areas of Eastern China

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  • Hai Gu
  • Hua You
  • Zhiwen Yan
  • Nichao Yang
  • Yun Kou
  • Jun Sun
  • Ting Yu
  • Ning Zhang

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Background: Postpartum Family Visits (PFVs) have been advocated as a way to improve health outcomes for puerperal women and their newborns. This study aimed to identify individual factors associated with the utilization of PFVs in rural Jiangsu Province, China. Methods: We employed responses of the household survey in Jiangsu province, part of the National Health Service Survey (NHSS), a nationally representative survey in China. The data analysis framework was designed based on Andersen’s behavioral model. The outcome variables included nonuse and deficient use of PFVs, and the explanatory variables were organized into three hierarchical levels: predisposing, enabling and need factors. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis were conducted to examine the impact of the three hierarchical levels on PFVs utilization. Results: A total of 884 rural women who had a childbearing history in the prior five years answered PFVs questions. About 23.4% of them had never received any PFVs, and 40.4% received

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  • Hai Gu & Hua You & Zhiwen Yan & Nichao Yang & Yun Kou & Jun Sun & Ting Yu & Ning Zhang, 2018. "Determinants of the utilization of postpartum family visits: Evidence from rural areas of Eastern China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(3), pages 1-12, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0194061
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194061
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