Health care providers’ adherence to immediate postpartum care guideline and associated factors among women who gave birth in Mekele public teaching hospitals, Tigray 2018

Abstract

Abstract Objective To assess health care providers adherence to immediate postpartum care and associated factors among women’s who gave birth in Mekele teaching public hospitals, 2018. Results The Health care providers’ complete adherence to immediate postpartum care guideline was 22.8%. Health care providers who have complete adherence to prenatal care guideline were 93.3% less likely to have incomplete adherence to immediate postpartum care guideline (AOR 95% CI 0.067 (0.036–0.125)).

Keywords

• Immediate postpartum
• Adherence
• Mekele