%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor %A Mesele, HayelomAbadi %D 2018 %J International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS) %K Maternal health %N 03 %P 47-63 %T The Socio Economic Factors that Promote Maternal Health Seeking Behavior Among Ethiopian Rural Women : The Case of Raya Alamata District Full Text %U https://airccse.com/ijhas/papers/3318ijhas05.pdf %V 03 %X Maternal health is the physical wellbeing of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. It reflects the level of social justice and the degree of respect for women’s rights in a society. Therefore, aim of this study is to identify the socioeconomic factors that promote maternal health seeking behavior among rural women of Raya Alamata districts. To conduct this study, the researcherused qualitative research design. Hence, FGD, key informant and in-depth interview were conducted with purposively selected participants from the three Tabias. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze and interpreted the qualitative data. Finally, the influence of media, the deployment of health extension workers, the contribution of social network and social capital, the provision of maternity waiting rooms for birthing women, pregnant women conference, the establishment of women health development army and one to five groups. Moreover, the availability of ambulances and fear of HIV infection helps women to have birth in modern health institutions.

@article{noauthororeditor, abstract = {Maternal health is the physical wellbeing of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. It reflects the level of social justice and the degree of respect for women’s rights in a society. Therefore, aim of this study is to identify the socioeconomic factors that promote maternal health seeking behavior among rural women of Raya Alamata districts. To conduct this study, the researcherused qualitative research design. Hence, FGD, key informant and in-depth interview were conducted with purposively selected participants from the three Tabias. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze and interpreted the qualitative data. Finally, the influence of media, the deployment of health extension workers, the contribution of social network and social capital, the provision of maternity waiting rooms for birthing women, pregnant women conference, the establishment of women health development army and one to five groups. Moreover, the availability of ambulances and fear of HIV infection helps women to have birth in modern health institutions. }, added-at = {2018-10-26T09:44:05.000+0200}, author = {Mesele, HayelomAbadi}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cf5b95bb2c47451f0db59395187d4fa3/ijhas}, interhash = {32b2c77b1eec048d25faf8301c989ab7}, intrahash = {cf5b95bb2c47451f0db59395187d4fa3}, journal = {International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS)}, keywords = {Maternal health}, month = aug, number = 03, pages = {47-63}, timestamp = {2018-10-26T09:44:05.000+0200}, title = {The Socio Economic Factors that Promote Maternal Health Seeking Behavior Among Ethiopian Rural Women : The Case of Raya Alamata District Full Text}, url = {https://airccse.com/ijhas/papers/3318ijhas05.pdf}, volume = 03, year = {2018 } }