Assessment of Factors Affecting Utilization of Focused Antenatal Care Among Women in Gibe Wereda, Hadiya Zone, Snnpr Ethiopia, 2015
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
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BACKGROUD: Focused antenatal care (FANC) is one of the important factors in droppingmaternal morbidity and mortality; meanwhile, many women in Ethiopia do not receive suchcare. However, little is known about determinants factor of FANC service utilization inEthiopia and particularly in Gibe Wereda.
OBJECTIVES: To determine focused antenatal care status and associated factors amongmothers who gave birth within 3 month preceding the study in Gibe Wereda.
METHOD: A community based cross sectional study was conducted using quantitativemethods from April, 2015 in Gibe Wereda, on 287 women who gave birth 3 monthpreceding the study. To select study participant in the Wereda, 8 out of 22 Kebeles wereselected randomly. A study participant or mothers were selected by simple random samplingmethod from the sampling frame. Data was entered by Epidata 3.1 and analyzed using SPSSversion 16.0, and ethical clearance, consent letter and informed consent was obtained fromAddis Ababa ethical review committee, Gibe Wereda administration and study participantrespectively.
RESULT: Majority the respondents 166 (58.7%) were between 25-34 age group withmean age of 29.14years. In this study the overall coverage for Antenatal care utilization was242 (85.5%). Among 283 interviewed mothers 114 (40.3%) followed four and above timesante natal care visit during their last pregnancy and 169 (59.7%) mothers followed less than four times .Mother’s educational status, travel time, knowledge of danger signs, plan for lastpregnancy and knowledge on starting ANC were found to be predictors of focused antenatalcare utilization.
Conclusion and recommendation: Even if there was relatively high antenatal careutilization among the study participants but focused antenatal care utilization was low in thestudy area. Women’s education status, teaching month’s of starting ANC and educatingabout obstetric danger signs is an important factor for utilization of FANC service in thestudy area suggesting that educating girls will have a great impact on improving futureutilization of FANC in the area. Availing health infrastructure is crucial in reducing timetravel to reach health facility will enhance women to follow FANC.
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Utilization Antenatal care