Availability of Material Resources for Focused Antenatal Care in Health Facilities in Bauchi State, Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the availability of material resources for focused antenatal care. A cross sectional descriptive design was adopted. A total of three hundred and eighty four pregnant women attended antenatal care clinic in twenty two health care facilities in Bauchi State were recruited. Multi-stage sampling technique was used. The data collected by used semi-structured questionnaire and observational checklist through face to face interview and audit observation check list during the period of first May to the end August 2016. All official approval was collected and all ethical considerations were kept. Donabedian Bruce quality model (1980) was adopted as a theoretical framework. The result revealed that: Eighty percent of the respondents were over 35 years old, 66% of them were Hausa/Fulani, almost half of them had secondary school certificate, and more than half of them had parity above six times. Eighty percent of the sample utilized focused antenatal care always. Only 43% of material resources in the health facilities were available and functioning. The human resources rate in the health facilities were 0.81, 0.5, 2.7 and 1.8 Doctors, Nurses, Midwives and CHEW respectively. Recommendations: Government should ensure adequate material resources for focused antenatal care services in each facility in Bauchi State.
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Alhaji Adamu, Lawali Yakubu
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