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Strategies For Improving Utilization Of Ante-natal Health Services By Women Of Child Bearing Age
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Statement of the Problem
All pregnant women are expected to attend an
approve health facility because care of the children begins from the
first trimester of pregnancy. Statistical data has shown the rate of
poor attendance in Kano Municipal Council from 2016 – 2017 as 2,625
registered for antenatal, but only 1085 women delivered (Health
Department Monitoring Evaluation Unit, Kano Municipal Council of Kano
State.
Nigeria is still passing through various stages of
development, many women still deliver their babies at home, without
attending Antenatal Clinic, while some pregnant mothers visit the clinic
only for them to have the card and for emergency reason. Some of the
women after registration do not attend the clinic, do not return to
post-natal care, this is according to the record of those that
registered.
All the concept of health is being on preventive rather
than curative, health facilities are sited within communities so
proximity is not a problem as to attend, yet the utilization among
pregnant mothers is not encouraging. It is important therefore to help
and motivate the pregnant mothers to utilize the government health
services in the maternal and child health centers, effectively.
The trend in ante-natal clinic records in Kano Municipal Council, shows that it has been found that the number of pregnant mothers that were booked in ante-natal clinic was 1,320 from July – 2016 – July 2017, 120 pregnant women booked every week, 480 pregnant mothers per month. But recently from August 2016 – July 2017 the figure has declined from 480 – 400 every month and total population of 1,200 pregnant mothers were recorded. All this could be a promotive measure towards increasing both maternal and infant’s mortality and morbidity rate.
The role of health workers in the management of pregnant mothers’ is very important for ensuring that clients receive appropriate care from the state of conception, birth and post partum. Unfortunately today many women see health workers role differently being hostile, in confident, unnecessary delay, aggressive and not competent enough. The challenge now is what are responsible for the sudden poor attendance of pregnant mothers in ante-natal clinics. Based on the sudden change and attitude of pregnant mothers towards attending ANC, the researcher intend to find out strategies for improvement of utilization of ante-natal services in Kano Municipal Council of Kano State.
Purpose of the Study
Generally, the study is designed to find out the strategies for improving utilization of Ante-natal health services by women of child bearing age. Specifically, the study is to:
i. Ascertain the attitude of pregnant women toward health services.
ii. Identify the factors that hinder women of child bearing age from attending the maternal and child health services.
iii. Identify strategies for improving the utilization of health services by
pregnant women in Kano Municipal Council of Kano State.
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