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Maternal Health Care Seeking Behaviour Pregnancy Outcome
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
A woman’s health care seeking behaviour during pregnancy depends a great deal on her
beliefs, culture, experience, educational level, financial status, attitude towards pregnancy,
as well as herautonomy and decision making power. Adele (2010)suggests issues of
importance to include information about pregnancy the woman’s family communicated to
her as a child and whether the pregnancy was planned or unplanned. Garba, Hellandendu,
andAjayi (2011) further explained that long before the advent of modern scientific
medicine, most cultures have among their patterns of life, a body of beliefs and practices
that centre on the recognition and treatment of complications of pregnancy and conduct of
deliveries. Thus, an understanding of appropriate health care seeking behaviour is very
important in achieving the desired pregnancy outcome. Negativebehaviour is highly
implicated in increased morbidity and mortality of mother and baby.
Osubor, Fatusi, and Chiwuzie(2006),suggests Maternal Health Care Seeking Behaviour
(MHCSB) to include the number of visits made to antenatal clinic (ANC) by pregnant
women and their preference for place of delivery.Jain, Nandan and Misra (2006) defined
health seeking behaviour as “a complex outcome of many factors operating at individual,
family and community levels including their biosocial profile, past experiences with health
services, availability of alternative health care providers, and the people’s perception
regarding the efficacy and quality of the servicesâ€.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The purpose of this study was to examine the maternal health care seeking behaviour andpregnancy outcome of pregnant women in two rural communities in Enugu State. Theobjectives of study were to: (i) determine the gestational age at which pregnant womenbook for Antenatal Care(ANC) in Udi and Abiacommunities, (ii)determine how oftenpregnant women attend Antenatal Care(ANC)during the third trimester, (iii) ascertain thefacilities utilized by pregnant women with complications for care and (iv) asce ... Continue reading---
