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    The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: a GIS study

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    Date
    2016
    Publisher
    © 2016 BioMed Central Ltd.
    Author
    Panciera, Rocco
    Khan, Akib
    Jafar Raza Rizvi, Syed
    Ahmed, Shakil
    Ahmed, Tanvir
    Islam, Rubana
    M. Adams, Alayne
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    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10361/7313
    Citation
    Panciera, R., Khan, A., Rizvi, S. J. R., Ahmed, S., Ahmed, T., Islam, R., & Adam, A. M. (2016). The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of bangladesh: A GIS study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16(1) doi:10.1186/s12884-016-1032-7
    Abstract
    Background: Availability of Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) is crucial to avert maternal death due to life-threatening complications potentially arising during delivery. Research on the determinants of utilization of EmOC has neglected urban settings, where traffic congestion can pose a significant barrier to the access of EmOC facilities, particularly for the urban poor due to costly and limited transportation options. This study investigates the impact of travel time to EmOC facilities on the utilization of facility-based delivery services among mothers living in urban poor settlements in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Methods: A cross-sectional EmOC health-seeking behavior survey from 39 poor urban clusters was geo-spatially linked to a comprehensive geo-referenced dataset of EmOC facility locations. Geo-spatial techniques and logistic regression were then applied to quantify the impact of travel time on place of delivery (EmOC facility or home), while controlling for confounding socio-cultural and economic factors. Results: Increasing travel time to the nearest EmOC facility is found to act as a strong deterrent to seeking care for the urban poor in Sylhet. Logistic regression results indicate that a 5-min increase in travel time to the nearest EmOC facility is associated with a 30 % decrease (0.655 odds ratio, 95 % CI: 0.529-0.811) in the likelihood of delivery at an EmOC facility rather than at home. Moreover, the impact of travel time varies substantially between public, NGO and private facilities. A 5-min increase in travel time from a private EmOC facility is associated with a 32.9 % decrease in the likelihood of delivering at a private facility, while for public and Non-Government Organizations (NGO) EmOC facilities, the impact is lower (28.2 and 28.6 % decrease respectively). Other strong determinants of delivery at an EmOC facility are the use of antenatal care and mother's formal education, while Muslim mothers are found to be more likely to deliver at home. Conclusions: Geospatial evidence points to the need to strengthen referral and emergency transport systems in order to reduce urban travel time, and establish or relocate EmOC facilities closer to where the poor reside. However, female education and antenatal care coverage remain the most important determinants of facility delivery.
    Keywords
    Emergency obstetric care; Health seeking; Urban; Travel time; GIS
     
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    This article was published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth [© 2016 BioMed Central Ltd.] and the definite version is available at: https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-016-1032-7
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    https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-016-1032-7
    DOI
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-1032-7
    Department
    James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University
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