Evaluation of quality of antenatal care services in selected healthcare centres of Mumbwa and Lusaka districts of Zambia: Pregnant womens perspectives
| Autor: | Musenge Emmanuel, Maimbolwa C. Margaret, Mwiinga-Kalusopa Victoria, Mutinta Crecious Muleya, Banda Yolan, Kwaleyela Concepta, Katowa-Mukwato Patricia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pregnancy
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Attendance 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology medicine.disease 01 natural sciences World health 0104 chemical sciences Standardized mortality ratio Family medicine Health care medicine Quality (business) Syphilis 0210 nano-technology business media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 11:32-40 |
| ISSN: | 2141-2456 |
| DOI: | 10.5897/ijnm2019.0360 |
| Popis: | Antenatal care (ANC) has been recommended as a service that can reduce both maternal and newborn mortalities. However, even in areas recording high ANC attendance, there are unevenly high levels of maternal and new born mortalities. Evidence of a weak relationship between ANC use and maternal and newborn survival has motivated recent calls to focus on content and quality of care provided rather than mere ANC attendance. This was a descriptive cross sectional study which was designed to evaluate the quality of antenatal care services in two health facilities in Lusaka and two in Mumbwa districts of Zambia. The health facilities were selected purposively based on poor maternal outcomes such as high maternal mortality ratio. Women attending antenatal clinics were selected using simple random sampling. Data was collected using a client exist interview schedule designed by World Health Organization for assessing quality of antenatal care. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) version 24.0. The study revealed a lot of variations in the care provided at the four sites. None of the women had all the blood tests for haemoglobin, grouping and X-match, HIV and syphilis conducted from three out of the four health facilities, while at the fourth, only 30% of women had all the blood tests conducted. Furthermore, less than 20% of women had a full head to toe examination. While less than 10% of women from each of the facility reported that the health providers met the requirements for provision of privacy. Despite not meeting the minimum standards of care, only less than 5% of women categorized the care as poor. All the four health facilities recorded low quality of care on all domains of antenatal care. Therefore, if antenatal care has to achieve its intended purpose of reducing adverse maternal and new born outcomes, then quality of care delivered during pregnancy should be the focus as opposed mere attendance. Key words: Quality, antenatal care services, evaluation. |
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