Community awareness towards cesarean section delivery and its associated factors in Enderta woreda, Tigray Ethiopia, 2017: community based mixed study design

Abstract Objective: To assess community awareness towards cesarean section delivery and associated factors in Enderta woreda, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017. When cesarean section is decided during labor, most of the women fear and refuse the decision. There are studies in some African countries assessing factors that affect women's awareness on cesarean section, but they are institutional based and quantitative only. In this research the study is at the community level and in addition to the quantitative part, it has qualitative design to explore the community feeling.Results: Three hundred eighteen (95.2%) of the study participants were aware of caesarean section. Monthly income (AOR 18.822: 95% CI 1.463-24.228: P=0.048), and educational status of the mother (AOR 12.443: 95% CI 1.025-22.905: P = 0.024) had significant association with awareness towards cesarean delivery. Most of the participants replied cesarean section saves the life of mother and fetus and the main reason for mothers to refuse in decision is they don’t know well about cesarean section.