Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Yendi district to find out significant
background characteristics and factors that differentiate women who attend prenatal
service but deliver at home unsupervised, from those who attend prenatal service and
had supervised delivery
Interviews using a structured questionnaire were conducted. The study sample
consisted of 400 women and 273 men selected through three steps multi-stage sampling
technique from the 6 sub-districts in the district.
Factors found to be consistently associated with supervised delivery in women
attending prenatal service were, maternal age, ethnicity, occupation, place of residence,
distance from health facility; access to trained personnel, financial constraints, ease of
getting a vehicle to place of delivery, husband’s educational level and occupation.
Where women had access to either trained TBAs or midwives, there was no
difference between their utilisation by the women who attended prenatal service. Most
husbands who make the decision about where the woman should deliver, said all other
barriers to access taken care of, they will prefer their wives to deliver at the health facility
with the midwives because it is safe.
To improve supervised delivery in the district, there is the need to adopt a multisectoral
approach involving all the stakeholders in health in the district to improve
geographical and financial accessibility to supervised care.
OFOSU, A (2021). FACTORS AFFECTING UTILISATION OF MATERNITY SERVICES IN THE YENDI DISTRICT OF THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-utilisation-of-maternity-services-in-the-yendi-district-of-the-northern-region-of-ghana
OFOSU, ANTHONY "FACTORS AFFECTING UTILISATION OF MATERNITY SERVICES IN THE YENDI DISTRICT OF THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA" Afribary. Afribary, 01 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-utilisation-of-maternity-services-in-the-yendi-district-of-the-northern-region-of-ghana. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
OFOSU, ANTHONY . "FACTORS AFFECTING UTILISATION OF MATERNITY SERVICES IN THE YENDI DISTRICT OF THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA". Afribary, Afribary, 01 Apr. 2021. Web. 25 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-utilisation-of-maternity-services-in-the-yendi-district-of-the-northern-region-of-ghana >.
OFOSU, ANTHONY . "FACTORS AFFECTING UTILISATION OF MATERNITY SERVICES IN THE YENDI DISTRICT OF THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 25, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-utilisation-of-maternity-services-in-the-yendi-district-of-the-northern-region-of-ghana