Factors associated with the use of maternity services in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria

Onah, HE; Ikeako, LC; Iloabachie, G.C.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.019

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“…Those women whose husband's occupations "other than farming" were more likely to use ANC service than farmer's wives. This finding was in agreement with the results of other studies where women with husbands in non-farming occupations were more likely to use ANC and institutional delivery [15,31,32]. On the other hand, women who live within 30 min walking distance from the health facility were more likely to use ANC.…”

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Antenatal Care Utilization and It’s Associated Factors in East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

Terfasa¹,

Afework²,

Berhe³

2017

J Preg Child Health

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Antenatal Care Utilization and It’s Associated Factors in East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

Terfasa¹,

Afework²,

Berhe³

2017

J Preg Child Health

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“…Although this result needs to be confirmed with more elaborate multivariate analysis, it does lend support to the vast amount of research that have shown strong linkages between education and wealth and various health outcomes. 8,27,28,32 In particular, the finding that the least educated or poorest women exhibited substantially poorer maternal health outcomes in these overall poor and resource-deprived settings is an illustration of the power of education and wealth as predictors of health in developing countries.…”

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“…This is probably due to the fact that most income-earning opportunities, the major hospitals, and a disproportionate high share of health budgets are concentrated in cities and towns. 8 Despite the vast amount of research on maternal health in Africa, [26][27][28][29] very few have focused on the urban poor. Data available from nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and other population-based surveys remain largely inadequate to answer questions relevant to the growing urban poor populations.…”

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Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services among Urban Poor Women in Kenya: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?

2008

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In sub-Saharan Africa, the unprecedented population growth that started in the second half of the twentieth century has evolved into unparalleled urbanization and an increasing proportion of urban dwellers living in slums and shanty towns, making it imperative to pay greater attention to the health problems of the urban poor. In particular, urgent efforts need to focus on maternal health. Despite the lack of reliable trend data on maternal mortality, some investigators now believe that progress in maternal health has been very slow in sub-Saharan Africa. This study uses a unique combination of health facility-and individual-level data collected in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya to: (1) describe the provision of obstetric care in the Nairobi informal settlements; (2) describe the patterns of antenatal and delivery care, notably in terms of timing, frequency, and quality of care; and (3) draw policy implications aimed at improving maternal health among the rapidly growing urban poor populations. It shows that the study area is deprived of public health services, a finding which supports the view that low-income urban residents in developing countries face significant obstacles in accessing health care. This study also shows that despite the high prevalence of antenatal care (ANC), the proportion of women who made the recommended number of visits or who initiated the visit in the first trimester of pregnancy remains low compared to Nairobi as a whole and, more importantly, compared to rural populations. Bivariate analyses show that household wealth, education, parity, and place of residence were closely associated with frequency and timing of ANC and with place of delivery. Finally, there is a strong linkage between use of antenatal care and place of delivery. The findings of this study call for urgent attention by Kenya's Ministry of Health and local authorities to the void of quality health services in poor urban communities and the need to provide focused and sustained health education geared towards promoting use of obstetric services.

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“…This level of utilization have been said to be influenced by the following factors some of which include; availability, quality and cost of services, as well as social-economic structure, and personal characteristics of the users (Chakraborty et al, 2003;Onah et al 2009). Moreover, Leive and Xu (2008) asserted that a number of factors have been showed to be potential barriers in assessing healthcare services and these include distance and cost of travel to the health facility, socio-cultural factors and cost of service especially in developing countries of the world.…”

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Utilization of Healthcare Facilities in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

Olugbamila

Adeyinka

2017

ESJ

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This paper examines the socio-economic characteristics of residents and their utilization of available healthcare facilities in Owo local government area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The data utilized in the paper draws on systematic sampling of 368 health consumers in the study area. Findings revealed that socio-economic characteristics play a significant role in determining the frequency of visits to healthcare facilities, this is substantiated with the chi-square test result that revealed a significant relationship between marital status and frequency of visits to healthcare facilities with χ² = 29.175 and significant at p = 0.004 level, as well as income of households and the frequency of visits to healthcare facilities with χ² = 20.961 and significant at p = 0.007 levels. The paper therefore concluded that efforts should be put in place to improve the socio-economic status of individuals through multi-sectoral development activities such as micro-credit facilities and provision of employment opportunities which is believed will invariably improve their access and utilization of healthcare facilities.

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Factors associated with the use of maternity services in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria

Cited by 236 publications

References 4 publications

Antenatal Care Utilization and It’s Associated Factors in East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

Antenatal Care Utilization and It’s Associated Factors in East Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services among Urban Poor Women in Kenya: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?

Analysis of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Utilization of Healthcare Facilities in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

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