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Effects of maternal education on birth preparedness and complication readiness among Ethiopian pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ketema, Daniel Bekele; Leshargie, Cheru Tesema; Kibret, Getiye Dejenu; Assemie, Moges Agazhe; Petrucka, Pammla; Alebel, Animut is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background Birth preparedness and complication readiness are broadly endorsed by governments and international agencies to reduce maternal and neonatal health threats in low income countries. Maternal education is broadly positioned to positively affect the mother’s and her children’s health and nutrition in low income countries. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to estimate the effect of maternal education on birth preparedness and complication readiness. ## Methods This review was reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. We conducted an electronic based search using data bases of PubMed /MEDLINE, Science direct and google scholar. STATATM Version 14.1 was used to analyze the data, and forest plots were used to present the findings. __I__^__2__^ test statistics and Egger’s test were used to assess heterogeneity and publication bias. Pooled prevalence and pooled odd ratios with 95% confidence intervals were computed. Finally, Duval and Tweedie’s nonparametric trim and fill analysis using random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to account for publication bias. ## Results In this meta-analysis, 20 studies in

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Author
Ketema, Daniel Bekele; Leshargie, Cheru Tesema; Kibret, Getiye Dejenu; Assemie, Moges Agazhe; Petrucka, Pammla; Alebel, Animut
Publisher
BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-2393)
Published
2020
Language
EN
Field
Medicine (Health Sciences)

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