Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Ogbomoso, South West, Nigeria

Assessment of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Mothers Attending Ante Natal Care Service in Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, South West Ethiopia

“…This finding is not in line with the previous studies done in Tanzania, Uganda and Dire Dawa city in Ethiopia [15,13,20,[23][24][25][26]. This might indicate that delivery charge free service for maternal and child care are being valuable and societies are utilizing well.…”

“…The package of BPCR is a very important strategy in developing countries, where obstetric services are poor. There is also enough evidences from Nepal, Burkina Faso and India that promoting BPCR improves preventive behaviours, improves knowledge of mothers about danger-signs, and leads to improvement in care-seeking during obstetric emergency therefore reducing disability and death associated with child birth [11][12][13].…”

“…In many societies in the world, cultural beliefs and lack of awareness inhibit preparation in advance for delivery of the expected baby. Since no action is taken prior to the delivery, the family tries to act only when labour begins [12][13][14][15]. The majority of pregnant women and their families do not know how to recognize the danger signs of complications.…”

“…The majority of pregnant women and their families do not know how to recognize the danger signs of complications. When complications occur, the unprepared family will waste a great deal of time in recognizing the problem, getting organized, getting money, finding transport and reaching the appropriate referral facility [4,5,12,13]. In Ethiopia; only 42% of pregnancies are unintended and more than half a million pregnancies are ended, More than 25,000 women died due to pregnancy and childbirth complications each year nationally and of the total (553) maternal deaths in the facilities, 74% are caused by direct while 26% are caused by indirect obstetric complication [16][17][18].…”

Birth preparedness: studying its effectiveness in improving maternal health in urban slums of Jamnagar, Gujarat

“…Respondents in lower socio-economic group were 42% less likely to have prepared for birth compared to women in the high socioeconomic class (OR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.34-0.99). 26 BPCR status was not found to be significantly associated with maternal age, literacy, number of family members, monthly income of the family, or with any obstetric factors (e.g., parity, history of stillbirths, ANC). However, the preparedness (well-prepared or lessprepared) was significantly associated with their awareness regarding at least 3 key danger signs during pregnancy (p=0.009), delivery/ childbirth (p=0.036), and in the newborn period (p=0.007).…”