title: Safe motherhood practices among women of urban slums in bangladesh.
abstract: In this article we examine the prevalence and factors associated with the utilization of safe motherhood practices among slum-dwelling women of Bangladesh using the 2006 Bangladesh Urban Health Survey data. Overall, the utilization of maternal health care services was very low. The binary logistic regression analyses yielded significantly increased skilled services utilization for women with higher education levels, nonworking women, non-Muslims, women undergoing their first pregnancy, women who had lived in the slum longer, and amongst the rich. Awareness should be created through information, education, and communication programs, and services should be provided with minimum cost to promote safe motherhood practices among the urban poor in Bangladesh.
authors: Department of Mathematics, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. kamaliubd@yahoo.com
authors: S M Mostafa
authors: SM
authors: Kamal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult