Socio-Demographic Characteristics Of Women Who Attended ANC But Made A Decision Not To Deliver At Health Facility In Kakamega Central Sub-County.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Objective: To determine socio-demographic characteristics of women who attended ANC but made a decision not to deliver at health facility in kakamega central sub-county. Design: A community based cross sectional study was undertaken focused on a structured interview method in collecting quantitative data. A sample of332 mothers who attended ANC but did not deliver in a health facility in Kakamega Central subcounty were drawn from a study population. A multistage random sampling method was applied in the selection of a primary data. Outcomes: socio demographic factors that made mothers to decide against health facility delivery despite ANC attendance included economic factors were also collected besides level of health facility. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used describe single variables and to assess associations between variables. The statistical significance level was set at p<0.05. Income source of the women were also associated with the perception on all staff always being available at the facility. Among farmers, 23.1% reported that did not always get enough staff compared to 36.% of business women and 38.2% who also mentioned that staff were not always available. We found significant associations between costs, and other costs.
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Consolata Luswet, Anne Asiko
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