Completion of Maternal and Child Health Continuum of Care and Associated Factors Among Women in Gode District, Shebele Zone, Eastern Ethiopia ,2022

Abstract Background The Continuum of care for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health includes integrated service delivery for mothers and children from pre-pregnancy to delivery, the immediate postnatal period, and childhood. In Ethiopia, the magnitude of antenatal care, skilled delivery, postnatal care, and immunization for children have shown improvement. Despite this, there was limited research on the percentage of mothers who have completed maternal and child continuum care. Objective To assess the Completion of Maternal and Child Health Continuum of Care and Associated Factors among women in Gode District, Shebele Zone, Eastern Ethiopia ,2022. Method A community-based cross-sectional study design applied from November 1–15, 2022. A stratified sampling method was applied. A woman who gave birth in the last year preceding the data collection period will be included in the study. An interviewer-administered semi-structured questioner will be used for data collection. Data collected by using kobo collect and analyzed using STATA version 17. Both Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses will be done. In multivariable analysis, variables having P-values less than 0.05 will be taken as factors associated with the completion of the maternal and child health continuum of care. Result The Completion of MCH continuum of care was 13.5% (10.7%-17.0%) in Gode district,2022. Accordingly, Husband occupation (Government employee) [AOR = 2.3, 95%CI:(1.2–4.7)] and perceived time to reach health facility (less than 30 minutes) [AOR = 2.96, 95%CI:(1.2–7.5)] were factors showing significant association with maternal and child health continuum of care among mothers in Gode district, Somali regional State;2023 at P-value ≤ 0.05. Conclusion and recommendation: Only 13.5% of mothers in Gode district received all of the recommended maternal and child health services during their pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period. The study found that two factors were associated with a higher likelihood of receiving MCH continuum of care: husband occupation and perceived time to reach a health facility. Governments can play a key role in increasing the maternal and child health continuum of care by investing in health care infrastructure