DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN’S ACCESS TO AND UTILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorERIC, ITOE MARK
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-13T12:14:41Z
dc.date.available2014-02-13T12:14:41Z
dc.date.issued2012-11
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA. NOVEMBER, 2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThe spatial distribution of health infrastructure is uneven; some are located close while some are very far from resident population. Purpose of this study is to examine the factors that affect women’s access and utilization of health care services in Kaduna metropolis. Study design was a cross sectional descriptive study, using multi-stage random sampling. Data used for the survey was obtained from structured interview questionnaire. This comprised of women within the reproductive age group of (15-49years).Questionnaire was designed to explore the respondents’ knowledge about barriers to accessibility and utilization of health care services. Aim of the study is to examine the factors that determine women’s access and utilization of health care services in Kaduna Metropolis. Chi-square method of analysis was used and results revealed that, individual characteristics such as occupation, income, marital status and education were all significantly associated with accessibility to healthcare facilities with a p-value < 0.05. Statistical level of significant shows a good fit of 143.37, DF= 4 for education and 96.33 and DF=7 occupational status at 0.05 level of significance. It also revealed a weak relationship between income levels/marital status and utilization. Chi-square results also confirmed that majority of women are denied access by their husbands. Other factors that also contributed include poverty, high number of dependents, long waiting in the hospitals and cost of drugs among others. It is recommended that government and non government organisations should educate the women, their husbands, relations and the community on the need of accessing and utilizing health care services. In addition, proactive government policies will be necessary to ensure that health facilities are located close to where women live, have an adequate number of trained staff, a continued supply of drugs and linked to hospitals by an emergency transport and referral system. This policy would be passed as a bill by the legislative arm of government to empower the Ministry of Health to sustain this.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1441
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDETERMINANTS OF WOMEN’S ACCESS,en_US
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE SERVICES,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA.en_US
dc.titleDETERMINANTS OF WOMEN’S ACCESS TO AND UTILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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