Factors Affecting Utiliza None of Antenatal Care and Service Preference Among Currently Married Rural Women in Bacho Woreda, South West Showa Zone
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2008-06
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Addis Abeba university
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This study is conducted on factors affecting utilization of ANC and service preference in
Bacho woreda of South west Showa Zone. ANC is expected to be important to ensure
timely detection, management and referral of complications during pregnancy and
delivery. ANC plays a decisive role in the development of fetus and infants. Hence, the
issue of ANC occupies a prominent place on public health agenda and health planners
and implementers should be identified those major barriers to ANC service which are
base line intervention for reducing adverse effect of pregnancy.
The objective of this study is to assess factors affecting utilization of antenatal care and
service preference among currently married women in Bacho Woreda. The study was
carried out by employing interviewer administered questionnaire in selected kebeles of
the woreda. A total of 423 currently married rural women were selected to achieve the
stated objective of the study. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to
analyze the survey data. The study found out that 30.3% and women in the study area
received ANC from health facilities five years prior to the survey. 40.4% of women also
preferred modern maternity care service Fom health facilities. The multivariate analysis
using logistic regression model examined the likelihood of utilization of ANC by
assessing the independent strength of demographic variables in model 1, socio-physical
factors in model 2 and the over all effects of the selected predictors in model 3. The result
showed that there are significant variations in the use of ANC with education of mother,
physical distance travel on foot, parity, and with age of mother at recent birth.
Finally, improvement in access of utilization of ANC in rural districts, improvingfemale
education through formal and informal education, considering age women during ANC
campaign, providing maternity service at nearby location, improving women's socioeconomic
right and enhancing female health care providers in health facilities are some
of the recommendation in this study
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Affecting Utiliza None of Antenatal Care