A simple statistical model and physical device to estimate a woman-specific probability of skilled birth assistance and associated benefit of maternity waiting home stay

Jérémie Gallien, Qi George Chen, Yuhang Du, Yi Zhang, Jody Lori, Joseph Sieka and Bentoe Tehoungue

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: This paper presents a simple mathematical model and an associated physical device to predict (i) the risk that a woman’s active labour will begin without a skilled birth attendant based on her parity and anticipated time to access skilled care; and (ii) the extent to which that risk may be reduced by moving to a maternity waiting home some time before her expected due date. This tool is designed to facilitate more systematic discussions and better-informed decisions about labour care access arrangements during antenatal consultations.

Date: 2025
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