Abstract:
Maternal health is one of the major health challenges worldwide. In Ethiopia, access to comprehensive emergency obstetric care is limited. Women staying in maternity waiting home are able to easily access services for essential childbirth care, obstetric or newborn complications at the nearby facilities. However, little was understood about intention to use maternity waiting home and its predictors among pregnant women in low-income countries like Ethiopia and particularly in kedida gamela woreda where many of established maternity waiting home stayed empty. Moreover, no study was conducted on intention to use maternity waiting home and its predictors in, southern part of Ethiopia.