Table 3 Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among pregnant women in Amibara Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia, 2018. (N = 361)
Birth Preparedness and Complication readiness | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | ||
Prepared well | Yes | 87 | 24.10 |
No | 274 | 75.90 | |
Exposure to BPCR Information | Yes | 319 | 88.37 |
No | 42 | 11.63 | |
Source of information about BPCR (n = 319, multi-response) | Health Professional | 217 | 60.11 |
Health Extension Worker | 44 | 12.19 | |
Trained Traditional Birth Attendant | 9 | 2.49 | |
Traditional Birth Attendant | 24 | 6.65 | |
Media | 59 | 16.34 | |
Mothers | 94 | 26.04 | |
Prepare essential item or clean delivery | Yes | 230 | 63.71 |
No | 131 | 36.29 | |
Identify health facility for childbirth | Yes | 296 | 81.99 |
No | 65 | 18.01 | |
Arranged transport | Yes | 60 | 16.62 |
No | 301 | 83.38 | |
Saved money | Yes | 159 | 44.04 |
No | 202 | 55.96 | |
Arranged blood donor | Yes | 5 | 1.39 |
No | 356 | 98.61 | |
Identify skilled birth attendant | Yes | 150 | 41.55 |
No | 211 | 58.45 | |