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Strategies For Improving Utilization Of Ante-natal Health Services By Women Of Child Bearing Age
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Significance of the Study
This study is intended to raise the awareness of pregnant mothers towards effective utilization of the government health services. Also with hope that local government concerned will be aware of the important of motivating the bearing mother to utilize maternal and child health service and for the authority to understand the problem that hinder clinic and utilize it so that maternal death will reduce and also increase chance of having good access and good utilization.
This study will also help the health workers working in the health facility to understand and realize their weakness and the strategies in rendering services that will improve the maternal and child health services thereby improving the chances of its utilization by women.
Findings of the study will help in reducing the mortality rate among pregnant women and improve the overall well being of women in the community thereby reducing resources and manpower wastages. Also when the study is completed, factors responsible for poor attendance of pregnant mothers’ in the ante-natal clinics, the result will effect positive changes especially when it involves appropriate knowledge, skills, attitude, values and code of conduct of health workers. The result will serve as a significant tool to the clinician, the pregnant mother’s and the management concerned.
Research Questions
The study is to find out the strategies for improving utilization of ante-natal health services by women of child bearing age. Therefore, the study will be guided by the following research questions:-
i. What are the attitudes of pregnant mothers towards ante-natal health services?
ii. What is the relationship between health workers and the pregnant
mothers attending ante-natal clinic in Kano Municipal Council of Kano State?
iii. What are the strategies for improving the utilization of health services by pregnant mother’s in Kano Municipal Council of Kano State?
Scope of the Study
The study seek to ascertain the attitude of pregnant women toward the utilization of health services in Kano Municipal Council, through identification of strategies for improving the utilization of services by pregnant mothers in the Local Government.
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