Women’s Perspectives on Influencers to the Utilisation of Skilled Delivery Care: An Explorative Qualitative Study in North West Ethiopia

Table 2

Themes and categories that emerged.

Themes	Categories
Influencers to use skilled delivery care in previous childbirth	(i) Availability of basic maternal interventions; (a) Basic emergency obstetric care; (b) Referral service; (c) Prevention of mother to child HIV transmission service (PMTCT) service; (d) Ambulance transport service; (ii) experiencing obstetric health problems; (a) Experiencing obstetric health problems in previous childbirth; (b) Perceived susceptibility to obstetric health problems; (iii) Utilisation of basic maternal health services; (a) Counselling service; (b) Use of antenatal care; (c) Safe childbirth experience; (d) Use of emergency obstetric care
Motivators to use skilled delivery care in future childbirth	(iv) Good interpersonal care; (a) Counselling service; (b) Respectful and caring maternity care providers; (v) Availability of basic maternal health services; (a) Ambulance transportation service; (b) Referral service; (c) Women friendly services; (vi) Previous childbirth experience; (a) Obstetric health problems in previous home delivery; (b) Health facility childbirth in previous delivery; (vii) Ensuring the welfare of the parturient women and newborns; (a) Prevention and treatment of disease conditions; (b) Safe childbirth; (c) Access to emergency obstetric care; (viii) Perceived susceptibility to obstetric health problems