Factors influencing decision to use antenatal care services among women in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria
| Autor: | Andem NF, Udoh SB |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Ibom Medical Journal, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1597-7188 2735-9964 |
| DOI: | 10.61386/imj.v12i1.211 |
| Popis: | Background: Antenatal care is the care that a woman receives during pregnancy that helps to ensure healthy outcomes for the women and newborns. It is one of the pillars of safe motherhood initiative. Nigeria’s maternal mortality ratio is estimated to be 814/100,000 live births with regional variations. Proper antenatal care is a viable option at reducing maternal mortality rate in Nigeria. Materials and methods: This was a longitudinal study carried out at the antenatal clinic of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. A purposive sampling method was adopted to recruit 330 eligible antenatal clinic attendees. A Semi-Structured Interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on the background characteristics of respondents including socio-demographic characteristics and reasons for utilizing antenatal care. The data entry and analysis were done using SPSS version 17.0 with the level of significance set at p |
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