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Utilization of Antenatal Care Services, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State

Authors: NWAOMAH Esther , OKUESO Grace , Agbimen. , Adekumbi , Hamzat. R.a.

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: European Journal Of Scientific Research

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Antenatal care promotes the detection and care of illness that are likely to endanger the life of a pregnant woman and her unborn baby and also enhances birth preparation and complication readiness. The objective of this study was to assess the utilization of antenatal care services, Birth preparedness, and complication readiness among pregnant women in Ogun State, Nigeria. This was a descriptive study conducted in four primary health care centers in Ikenne local government area of Ogun State, Nigeria to assess the utilization of ANC, birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women. A total enumeration sampling technique was utilized for this study and 75 respondents participated in the study. A pretested adapted questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed through descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to provide answers to the research questions at a 0.05 level of significance.

Results showed that the majority of the respondents (77.3%) were at their reproductive age, 53.3% did not attend ANC regularly while 50.7% of poor utilization of ANC services were observed. Also, knowledge of birth preparedness and complication readiness was discovered to be poor as most of the respondents could not identify the danger signs in pregnancy, labour, and puerperium. The results further revealed a positive and strong significant relationship between the educational status of pregnant women and their level of birth preparedness and complication readiness (r=687; p<.05).

It is concluded that while efforts are made to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in Nigeria, there is a need to increase the sensitization of the relevance of utilization of ANC service, birth preparedness, and complication readiness.

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NWAOMAH,E. OKUESO,G. Agbimen.,C. Adekumbi,F. Hamzat.,R. . (2019). Utilization of Antenatal Care Services, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, 154 (), 181-181.

NWAOMAH,E. OKUESO,G. Agbimen.,C. Adekumbi,F. Hamzat.,R. . "Utilization of Antenatal Care Services, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State" 154, no (), (2019): 181-181.

NWAOMAH,E. and OKUESO,G. and Agbimen.,C. and Adekumbi,F. and Hamzat.,R. and . (2019). Utilization of Antenatal Care Services, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, 154 (), pp181-181.

NWAOMAHE, OKUESOG, Agbimen.C, AdekumbiF, Hamzat.R, . Utilization of Antenatal Care Services, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. 2019, 154 ():181-181.

NWAOMAH,Esther , OKUESO,Grace , Agbimen.,C.i , Adekumbi,Farotimi , and Hamzat.,R.a. . "Utilization of Antenatal Care Services, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State", 154 . (2019) : 181-181.

N.Esther O.Grace A.C.i A.Farotimi & H.R.a. , "Utilization of Antenatal Care Services, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State" vol.154, no., pp. 181-181, 2019.

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