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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Maternal Health
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1535379
Reasons for maternal near-miss in Bahir Dar city administration, northwest Ethiopia: A qualitative interview approach using Socio-Ecological Model
Provisionally accepted- workieyenie@gmail.com, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Introduction: Maternal near-miss means the experience of a woman who encounters complications of pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination but survives. Maternal near-miss is common in developing nations like Ethiopia. Exploring healthcare system risk factors and opportunities informs policy, but understanding the complex contributors to maternal near-miss remains limited in the Ethiopian context. Therefore, this study aims to explore reasons using a socio-ecological model in Bahir Dar City,
Keywords: Maternal near-miss, Contributors, opportunities, Socio-ecological model, Bahir Dar
Received: 27 Nov 2024; Accepted: 07 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Workineh, Alene and Fekadu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Yinager Workineh, workieyenie@gmail.com, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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