Postpartum care attendance at a rural district hospital in Zambia
Postpartum care attendance at a rural district hospital in Zambia
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DOI：
10.1258/004947506778604742
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发表时间：
2006-10-01
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0.6
通讯作者：
van Roosmalen, Jos
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作者：
Lagro, Marieke;Liche, Agnes;van Roosmalen, Jos
产后护理是预防和促进产妇保健的重要工具。我们研究了在赞比亚一家地区医院分娩的540名妇女的产后护理就诊率，其中42%的妇女在分娩后6周内接受了产后护理。不来做产后护理的妇女年龄较大，去医院的时间比做产后护理的妇女要长，如果卫生工作者以综合方式提供母婴保健，并意识到最近分娩的妇女也会因为产后护理以外的原因去医院，那么产后护理的低出勤率就可以提高。卫生工作者需要让孕妇了解产后护理的好处，并让她们感到欢迎参加这一保健服务，当妇女决定在家分娩时也是如此。
Postpartum care is an important tool in both preventive and promotive maternal health care. We studied the postpartum care attendance rate in 540 women who delivered at a district hospital in Zambia.Forty-two percent of the women attended postpartum care within six weeks of delivery. Women who did not come for postpartum care were older and had to travel more hours to the hospital than women who attended postpartum care.The low postpartum care attendance rate could be increased if health workers provided mother and child health care in an integrated way and were aware that recently delivered women also visit the hospital for reasons other than postpartum care. Health workers need to inform pregnant women about the benefits of postpartum care and make them feel welcome to attend this health service, also when women decide to deliver at home.