SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE USE OF ANTENATAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE SERVICES IN DUTSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, JIGAWA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorDAHIRU, Ramatu
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-29T11:10:36Z
dc.date.available2016-04-29T11:10:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study assessed the socio-economic determinants of the use of Antenatal and Obstetric care services in Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Data was obtained through the administration of 400 samples to women of reproductive age in six out of the eleven wards in the LGA. Six (6) Focus Group Discussions one in each of the wards, four with women and two with men that is the husbands of the target population which sought for relevant information on the topic of study. More so Key Informant Interview was conducted with the head of the district visited and health personnel in charge of the health facilities within the study area. The results revealed the proportion of women who received antenatal care for their recent births to be (49.8%) and (24.3%) of the mothers gave birth to their recent child in the health facility and the rest (73.8%) delivered at home. Parity, family education, income, age, autonomy were significant determinants to the utilization of antenatal and obstetric care services in the study area. The research identified economic constraints, transport problems, inaccessibility of health facilities, lack of decision making power, cultural and traditional practices as important barriers for seeking maternal health care. This study confirms that the proportion of antenatal and obstetric care utilization among respondents is very low. Economic, health facility related and socio-cultural factors were the most frequently identified contributors to the low maternal health care utilization. Policy makers should put more efforts to educate mothers on the importance of Antenatal and Obstetric Care, and also improve men involvement and religious leaders, strengthen community participation, increase political commitment and boost accessibility to maternal health care services. Policy makers should give more emphasis to capacity building for skilled birth attendants at Primary Health Centres (PHCs). Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) are still highly accepted by communities and therefore the government should reassess the role of TBAs and motivate them as well.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7808
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS,en_US
dc.subjectUSE,en_US
dc.subjectANTENATAL,en_US
dc.subjectOBSTETRIC CARE SERVICES,en_US
dc.subjectDUTSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,en_US
dc.subjectJIGAWA STATE,en_US
dc.titleSOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF THE USE OF ANTENATAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE SERVICES IN DUTSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, JIGAWA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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