-
Maternal Health Care Seeking Behaviour And Pregnancy Outcome
-
-
-
The purpose of this study was to examine the maternal health
care seeking behaviour and pregnancy outcome of pregnant women in two
rural communities in Enugu State. The objectives of study were to: (i)
determine the gestational age at which pregnant women book for Antenatal
Care(ANC) in Udi and Abiacommunities, (ii)determine how often pregnant
women attend Antenatal Care(ANC)during the third trimester, (iii)
ascertain the facilities utilized by pregnant women with complications
for care and (iv) ascertain their pregnancy outcome. Cross-sectional
survey design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 207
respondents was drawn from a population of 586 pregnant women. The
instrument for data collection was the researcher-developed
questionnaire that was used as an interview guide. Observation guide was
also used to corroborate the findings of the questionnaire. The design
of the study was descriptive cross-sectional survey. Convenience
sampling was used to select a sample size of 207 respondents from a
population of 586 pregnant women. Collected data wereanalysed using
descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages. Chi-square was
used to test for significant association atsignificancelevel of 0.05.
Major findings show that most of the respondents (79.7%) booked for ANC during the first trimester. On frequency of ANC during the third trimester, 81.1% maintained weekly attendance while 100% of the respondents with complications accessed care from health facilities especially the general hospital under skilled healthcare providers. On pregnancy outcome, 84.5% of the babies cried vigorously at birth and 0.5% did not cry at all. On maternal delivery outcome, 83.1% were strong to take care of self and baby after delivery. There was no significant association (p > 0.05) between the respondents’ demographic variables (age and educational status) and their healthcare seeking behaviour. There was no significant association (p > 0.05) between maternal healthcare seeking behaviour and mothers’ delivery outcome (women that were strong to take care of self and baby and those that were weak to take care of self and baby after delivery). There was significant association (p < 0.05) between maternal healthcare seeking behaviour and babies’ birth outcome (number of babies that cried vigorously at birth and those that did not cry at all).
-
-
-
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground to the StudyA woman’s health care seeking behaviour during pregnancy depends a great deal on her beliefs, culture, experience, educational level, financial status, attitude towards pregnancy, as well as herautonomy and decision making power. Adele (2010)suggests issues of importance to include information about pregnancy the woman’s family communicated to her as a child and whether the pregnancy was planned or unplanned. Garba, Hellandendu, andAjay ... Continue reading---
-
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground to the StudyA woman’s health care seeking behaviour during pregnancy depends a great deal on her beliefs, culture, experience, educational level, financial status, attitude towards pregnancy, as well as herautonomy and decision making power. Adele (2010)suggests issues of importance to include information about pregnancy the woman’s family communicated to her as a child and whether the pregnancy was planned or unplanned. Garba, Hellandendu, andAjay ... Continue reading---
ABSRACT -- [Total Page(s) 1]
Page 1 of 1
ABSRACT -- [Total Page(s) 1]
Page 1 of 1