Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria

Purpose: The objectives of the study were to determine the health care seeking behavior and the barriers to hospital delivery of pregnant women in Gusau metropolis of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. Also the study was to identify those factors that prevent women from delivering at the hospital a...

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Main Authors:	Maiwada, Abdullahi Mohammed, A.Rahman, Nor Azlina, Abdul Rahman, Suzanah, Mamat, Nik Mazlan, A-Baba, Tukur
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Federal University Gusau Nigeria 2016
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine
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spelling	iium-527752016-12-21T07:48:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52775/ Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria Maiwada, Abdullahi Mohammed A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Abdul Rahman, Suzanah Mamat, Nik Mazlan A-Baba, Tukur RA Public aspects of medicine Purpose: The objectives of the study were to determine the health care seeking behavior and the barriers to hospital delivery of pregnant women in Gusau metropolis of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. Also the study was to identify those factors that prevent women from delivering at the hospital and access care. Methods: The study used both survey and qualitative technique. In the survey a descriptive cross sectional survey involving with patients based on a structured questionnaire format with answer sets was used to ask about (N=826) pregnant women attending antenatal care at some clinics in Gusau metropolis about how, why, where and when they seek care and how they perceive certain illness during pregnancy. While about 6 focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted at the health facilities targeting the pregnant women in order to understand their illness behavior and perception to facility delivery. During the FGDs notes were taken and answers recorded using a tape recorder and video. Results: 87.9% of the respondents said they attend Antenatal care clinics (ANC) regularly and many of the respondents have some knowledge of complications during pregnancy, N=177 reported having headache, N=221 and N=227 reported having fever and swelling of legs respectively.87.1% of those attending ANC indicated that they will seek care at hospital or clinic. Though, responses in the FGDs, many of the respondents indicated that they seek care at health facility but will however not want to deliver at the hospital. Conclusion: There is a remarkable improvement in attendance of ANC by pregnant women but yet the hospital delivery is very low and not exciting as many women wished to deliver at home rather than in the hospital. Also many of the women’s perception about their health or illness during pregnancy are that they think it is normal to be sick and therefore not necessary to visit the clinic. There is still high preference for home delivery among the pregnant women in Zamfara State, with a consequent increased in maternal deaths unreported. Federal University Gusau Nigeria 2016-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52775/1/2016%20%273%20health%20seeking%20behaviour%20-%20w%20cover.pdf Maiwada, Abdullahi Mohammed and A.Rahman, Nor Azlina and Abdul Rahman, Suzanah and Mamat, Nik Mazlan and A-Baba, Tukur (2016) Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria. International Journal of Science for Global Sustainability ( IJSGS), 2 (1). pp. 75-85. ISSN 2488-9229
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine Maiwada, Abdullahi Mohammed A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Abdul Rahman, Suzanah Mamat, Nik Mazlan A-Baba, Tukur Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria
description	Purpose: The objectives of the study were to determine the health care seeking behavior and the barriers to hospital delivery of pregnant women in Gusau metropolis of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. Also the study was to identify those factors that prevent women from delivering at the hospital and access care. Methods: The study used both survey and qualitative technique. In the survey a descriptive cross sectional survey involving with patients based on a structured questionnaire format with answer sets was used to ask about (N=826) pregnant women attending antenatal care at some clinics in Gusau metropolis about how, why, where and when they seek care and how they perceive certain illness during pregnancy. While about 6 focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted at the health facilities targeting the pregnant women in order to understand their illness behavior and perception to facility delivery. During the FGDs notes were taken and answers recorded using a tape recorder and video. Results: 87.9% of the respondents said they attend Antenatal care clinics (ANC) regularly and many of the respondents have some knowledge of complications during pregnancy, N=177 reported having headache, N=221 and N=227 reported having fever and swelling of legs respectively.87.1% of those attending ANC indicated that they will seek care at hospital or clinic. Though, responses in the FGDs, many of the respondents indicated that they seek care at health facility but will however not want to deliver at the hospital. Conclusion: There is a remarkable improvement in attendance of ANC by pregnant women but yet the hospital delivery is very low and not exciting as many women wished to deliver at home rather than in the hospital. Also many of the women’s perception about their health or illness during pregnancy are that they think it is normal to be sick and therefore not necessary to visit the clinic. There is still high preference for home delivery among the pregnant women in Zamfara State, with a consequent increased in maternal deaths unreported.
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author	Maiwada, Abdullahi Mohammed A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Abdul Rahman, Suzanah Mamat, Nik Mazlan A-Baba, Tukur
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title	Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria
title_short	Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria
title_full	Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria
title_fullStr	Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria
title_sort	health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in gusau metropolis of zamfara state, northern nigeria
publisher	Federal University Gusau Nigeria
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52775/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52775/1/2016%20%273%20health%20seeking%20behaviour%20-%20w%20cover.pdf
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Health care seeking behavior of pregnant women in Gusau Metropolis of Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria

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