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Understanding the factors influencing ANC uptake is essential for informed policy and health system interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study examined the prevalence and determinants of receiving adequate ANC among pregnant women across eleven sub-Saharan African countries using recent DHS data.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and Setting</h3><div>and Setting: The analysis included 43,323 women aged 15–49 years with recent live births from nationally representative surveys conducted between 2019 and 2024 in 11 SSA countries.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Adequate ANC was defined according to WHO guidelines as eight or more visits with complete service components. We employed three-level mixed-effects logistic regression to examine individual, household, and community-level predictors while accounting for the hierarchical data structure. Model performance was assessed using standard fit statistics including AIC/BIC and ROC-AUC (0.949).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The prevalence of adequate ANC was only 3 % (95 % CI: 2.84–3.17 %), ranging from 18.4 % in Ghana to less than 1 % in Burkina Faso and Kenya. Significant predictors included secondary or higher education for both women (AOR = 1.12, 95 % CI:1.01–1.38) and their partners (AOR = 1.41, 1.15–1.73), media exposure (AOR = 1.28, 1.15–1.74), health insurance coverage (AOR = 1.22, 1.02–1.63), family size (AOR = 0.86, 0.69–0.96), urban residence (AOR = 1.24, 1.02–1.52), and recent survey year (2023/24: AOR = 2.59, 1.36–4.89).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The findings reveal alarmingly low ANC adequacy in SSA with marked cross-country disparities. Targeted interventions should prioritize women's education, health insurance expansion, and community-based programs in rural areas, while leveraging media for health promotion to address existing inequities in ANC utilization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46404,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 102185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"A multilevel analysis of receipt of adequate antenatal care and its determinants among pregnant women in 11 sub-Saharan African countries: insights from recent demographic and health surveys\",\"authors\":\"Abdu Hailu Shibeshi , Getnet Mamo Habtie , Gezachew Gebeyehu Arega , Nuru Mohammed Hussen , Kedir Endris Hamed , Seid Ali Tareke\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.cegh.2025.102185\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adequate antenatal care (ANC) is critical for improving maternal and neonatal health, yet its utilization remains insufficient in many sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Understanding the factors influencing ANC uptake is essential for informed policy and health system interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study examined the prevalence and determinants of receiving adequate ANC among pregnant women across eleven sub-Saharan African countries using recent DHS data.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and Setting</h3><div>and Setting: The analysis included 43,323 women aged 15–49 years with recent live births from nationally representative surveys conducted between 2019 and 2024 in 11 SSA countries.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Adequate ANC was defined according to WHO guidelines as eight or more visits with complete service components. We employed three-level mixed-effects logistic regression to examine individual, household, and community-level predictors while accounting for the hierarchical data structure. Model performance was assessed using standard fit statistics including AIC/BIC and ROC-AUC (0.949).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The prevalence of adequate ANC was only 3 % (95 % CI: 2.84–3.17 %), ranging from 18.4 % in Ghana to less than 1 % in Burkina Faso and Kenya. Significant predictors included secondary or higher education for both women (AOR = 1.12, 95 % CI:1.01–1.38) and their partners (AOR = 1.41, 1.15–1.73), media exposure (AOR = 1.28, 1.15–1.74), health insurance coverage (AOR = 1.22, 1.02–1.63), family size (AOR = 0.86, 0.69–0.96), urban residence (AOR = 1.24, 1.02–1.52), and recent survey year (2023/24: AOR = 2.59, 1.36–4.89).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The findings reveal alarmingly low ANC adequacy in SSA with marked cross-country disparities. 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A multilevel analysis of receipt of adequate antenatal care and its determinants among pregnant women in 11 sub-Saharan African countries: insights from recent demographic and health surveys
Background
Adequate antenatal care (ANC) is critical for improving maternal and neonatal health, yet its utilization remains insufficient in many sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Understanding the factors influencing ANC uptake is essential for informed policy and health system interventions.
Objective
This study examined the prevalence and determinants of receiving adequate ANC among pregnant women across eleven sub-Saharan African countries using recent DHS data.
Participants and Setting
and Setting: The analysis included 43,323 women aged 15–49 years with recent live births from nationally representative surveys conducted between 2019 and 2024 in 11 SSA countries.
Methods
Adequate ANC was defined according to WHO guidelines as eight or more visits with complete service components. We employed three-level mixed-effects logistic regression to examine individual, household, and community-level predictors while accounting for the hierarchical data structure. Model performance was assessed using standard fit statistics including AIC/BIC and ROC-AUC (0.949).
Results
The prevalence of adequate ANC was only 3 % (95 % CI: 2.84–3.17 %), ranging from 18.4 % in Ghana to less than 1 % in Burkina Faso and Kenya. Significant predictors included secondary or higher education for both women (AOR = 1.12, 95 % CI:1.01–1.38) and their partners (AOR = 1.41, 1.15–1.73), media exposure (AOR = 1.28, 1.15–1.74), health insurance coverage (AOR = 1.22, 1.02–1.63), family size (AOR = 0.86, 0.69–0.96), urban residence (AOR = 1.24, 1.02–1.52), and recent survey year (2023/24: AOR = 2.59, 1.36–4.89).
Conclusion
The findings reveal alarmingly low ANC adequacy in SSA with marked cross-country disparities. Targeted interventions should prioritize women's education, health insurance expansion, and community-based programs in rural areas, while leveraging media for health promotion to address existing inequities in ANC utilization.
期刊介绍:
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (CEGH) is a multidisciplinary journal and it is published four times (March, June, September, December) a year. The mandate of CEGH is to promote articles on clinical epidemiology with focus on developing countries in the context of global health. We also accept articles from other countries. It publishes original research work across all disciplines of medicine and allied sciences, related to clinical epidemiology and global health. The journal publishes Original articles, Review articles, Evidence Summaries, Letters to the Editor. All articles published in CEGH are peer-reviewed and published online for immediate access and citation.