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Knowledge and Social Status as Determinants of the New Antenatal Care Guidelines among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Surulere Area, Lagos

Authors: FILADE Bankole , Aduluwa, , Adebola, , ADEOYE Ayodele , & OYERINDE Oyewole

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Iosr Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (iosr-jhss)

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: Pregnant women in developing countries have an increased risk for pregnancy-related complications and death and the infants of these mothers have an increased risk for complications during birth or shortly after delivery. However, many of the complications are preventable with appropriate antenatal care (ANC). Antenatal care is a key strategy to improve maternal and infant health. This study was proposed to explore the awareness, attitude, practice of the new antenatal care guidelines among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics (ANC) in Surulere area of Lagos State.

This study adopted descriptive cross-sectional design and simple convenient sampling technique in trying to understand the views of pregnant women regarding the new guidelines of ANC released in 2016 by the WHO. A forty seven (47) item validated and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The knowledge question and social status was measured on a twenty two point ration scale, Result indicate that level of knowledge among respondents has no relationship (p. value, 0.259) with utilization of the new recommended ANC guideline in Surulere, Lagos State.Also,educational status of respondents has a relationship (p. value, 0.026) with number of contacts, while other social status is not significantly associated with number of contact. Appropriate, recommendations were made.

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FILADE,B. Aduluwa,,H. Adebola,,O. ADEOYE,A. OYERINDE,O. . (2019). Knowledge and Social Status as Determinants of the New Antenatal Care Guidelines among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Surulere Area, Lagos, 24 (), 28-28.

FILADE,B. Aduluwa,,H. Adebola,,O. ADEOYE,A. OYERINDE,O. . "Knowledge and Social Status as Determinants of the New Antenatal Care Guidelines among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Surulere Area, Lagos" 24, no (), (2019): 28-28.

FILADE,B. and Aduluwa,,H. and Adebola,,O. and ADEOYE,A. and OYERINDE,O. and . (2019). Knowledge and Social Status as Determinants of the New Antenatal Care Guidelines among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Surulere Area, Lagos, 24 (), pp28-28.

FILADEB, Aduluwa,H, Adebola,O, ADEOYEA, OYERINDEO, . Knowledge and Social Status as Determinants of the New Antenatal Care Guidelines among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Surulere Area, Lagos. 2019, 24 ():28-28.

FILADE,Bankole , Aduluwa,,H.o , Adebola,,O , ADEOYE,Ayodele , and OYERINDE,Oyewole . "Knowledge and Social Status as Determinants of the New Antenatal Care Guidelines among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Surulere Area, Lagos", 24 . (2019) : 28-28.

F.Bankole A.H.o A.O A.Ayodele & O.Oyewole , "Knowledge and Social Status as Determinants of the New Antenatal Care Guidelines among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Surulere Area, Lagos" vol.24, no., pp. 28-28, 2019.

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