Table 2 Factors influencing choice of facility-based delivery
Category | Subcategory |
|---|---|
Perceptions of childbirth | Childbirth as a natural event |
Desire for medical treatment due to fear about child mortality and difficulties during childbirth | |
Religious beliefs about childbirth | |
Traditional health concept: “sabaai” | Sabaai as healthy |
Sabaai as easy | |
Sabaai as comfortable | |
Perceptions of health care facilities and staff | Care at health care facilities |
Service from health care staff | |
Previous pregnancy and childbirth experience | Previous childbirth experience |
Experience of ANC | |
Mode of available transportation | Transportation to health care facility |
Financial burden of childbirth at health care facility | Cost of transportation in going to a health care facility |
Indirect cost of childbirth at a health care facility | |
Hidden cost of childbirth at a health care facility | |
Family and community context | Personal links with others |
Decision-making in the family | |
Institutional context | Difficulty preparing for a facility-based delivery |
Language difficulties | |
Government policy on delivery | Free delivery policy at health care facilities |