Barriers and associated factors for adequate antenatal care among Afghan women in Iran; findings from a community-based survey

• Main Authors: Omid Dadras (Author), Fateme Dadras (Author), Ziba Taghizade (Author), Seyedahmad Seyedalinaghi (Author), Masako Ono-Kihara (Author), Masahiro Kihara (Author), Takeo Nakayama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Almost a third of Afghan women living in Iran are at childbearing age. Antenatal care (ANC) is an inextricable part of healthy pregnancy and could prevent the adverse birth outcomes. Almost 97% of Iranian expectant women are receiving adequate ANC (4 or more visits). However, the...