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Table 2 Women’s utilization of maternal health services by the type of health workers, September 2009 (N=725)

From: The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Maternal health services

Frequency (no./%)

Family planning: In the past 12 months, who among community health workers visited you and talked to you about family planning? *

Health extension worker

523(72.1)

Community based reproductive health agent

88(12.1)

Community health agent

276(38.1)

Trained and untrained traditional birth attendant

331(45.7)

Not visited

145(20.0)

Antenatal care: Who (community health worker) visited you during your pregnancy of your youngest child?*

Health extension worker

319(44.0)

Community health agent

98(26.1)

Community reproductive health agent

33(4.6)

Untrained or trained traditional birth attendant

157(41.8)

Was not visited or don´t remember

349(48.1)

Delivery Service: Who assisted you with the delivery of your youngest child?*

Health professional

31(4.3)

Trained traditional birth attendant

147(20.3)

Untrained traditional birth attendant

29(4.0)

Relative/friend/neighbor

586(80.8)

Health extension worker

49(6.8)

No one

1(0.1)

Post natal care: If a community health worker visited you immediately after delivery of your youngest child, who was that person?*

Health extension worker

189(26.1)

Community health agent

67(9.2)

Community based reproductive health agent

13(1.8)

Trained and untrained traditional birth attendant

170(23.4)

Was not visited or do not remember

389(53.7)

  1. *Multiple responses were possible.