Assessment Of Factors Affecting Utilization Of Focused Antenatal Care Among Women In Gibe Wereda Hadiya Zone Snnpr Ethiopia 2015

BACKGROUD: Focused antenatal care (FANC) is one of the important factors in droppingrnmaternal morbidity and mortality; meanwhile, many women in Ethiopia do not receive suchrncare. However, little is known about determinants factor of FANC service utilization inrnEthiopia and particularly in Gibe Wereda.rnOBJECTIVES: To determine focused antenatal care status and associated factors amongrnmothers who gave birth within 3 month preceding the study in Gibe Wereda.rnMETHOD: A community based cross sectional study was conducted using quantitativernmethods from April, 2015 in Gibe Wereda, on 287 women who gave birth 3 monthrnpreceding the study. To select study participant in the Wereda, 8 out of 22 Kebeles werernselected randomly. A study participant or mothers were selected by simple random samplingrnmethod from the sampling frame. Data was entered by Epidata 3.1 and analyzed using SPSSrnversion 16.0, and ethical clearance, consent letter and informed consent was obtained fromrnAddis Ababa ethical review committee, Gibe Wereda administration and study participantrnrespectively.rnRESULT: Majority the respondents 166 (58.7%) were between 25-34 age group withrnmean age of 29.14years. In this study the overall coverage for Antenatal care utilization wasrn242 (85.5%). Among 283 interviewed mothers 114 (40.3%) followed four and above timesrnante natal care visit during their last pregnancy and 169 (59.7%) mothers followed less thanrnfour times.Mother’s educational status, travel time, knowledge of danger signs, plan for lastrnpregnancy and knowledge on starting ANC were found to be predictors of focused antenatalrncare utilization.rnConclusion and recommendation: Even if there was relatively high antenatal carernutilization among the study participants but focused antenatal care utilization was low in thernstudy area. Women’s education status, teaching month’s of starting ANC and educatingrnabout obstetric danger signs is an important factor for utilization of FANC service in thernstudy area suggesting that educating girls will have a great impact on improving futurernutilization of FANC in the area. Availing health infrastructure is crucial in reducing timerntravel to reach health facility will enhance women to follow FANC.

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