Factors influencing the utilization of Focused antenatal care services during pregnancy, a study among postnatal women in a tertiary healthcare facility, Ghana

Aim To assess the factors that influence the utilization of FANC services among pregnant women. Methodology A cross‐sectional quantitative study conducted among 210 postnatal women in Ho Teaching Hospital. Data were entered into Microsoft excel, cleaned and transported to SPSS and analysed. Cross ta...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nursing open 2020-11, Vol.7 (6), p.1822-1832
Hauptverfasser:	Konlan, Kennedy Diema, Saah, Joel Afram, Amoah, Roberta Mensima, Doat, Abdul Razak, Mohammed, Iddrisu, Abdulai, Juliana Asibi, Konlan, Kennedy Dodam
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	antenatal Attended births Births Childrens health Developing countries factors focused antenatal care influencing LDCs Maternal & child health maternal health Maternal mortality Midwifery Pregnancy Prenatal care Sample size Teaching hospitals utilization Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	Aim To assess the factors that influence the utilization of FANC services among pregnant women. Methodology A cross‐sectional quantitative study conducted among 210 postnatal women in Ho Teaching Hospital. Data were entered into Microsoft excel, cleaned and transported to SPSS and analysed. Cross tabulations were used to explore associations between variables. Results The respondents indicated that FANC would enable them to receive comprehensive ANC (74.8%). Higher parity was significantly associated with low utilization of FANC (p = .028). Long distance to the health facility, seeking permission to use FANC was significantly associated with low utilization of FANC (p
ISSN:	2054-1058 2054-1058
DOI:	10.1002/nop2.569