Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia

Abstract Objective Despite the fact that quality antenatal care is one of the essential aspects in maternal and child health care, the current perceived quality and associated factors of this service is not well acknowledged in Ethiopia. This study was therefore undertaken to assess focused antenata...

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Main Authors: Ashenafi Habte Woyessa, Tahir Hasen Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4311-3
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description Abstract Objective Despite the fact that quality antenatal care is one of the essential aspects in maternal and child health care, the current perceived quality and associated factors of this service is not well acknowledged in Ethiopia. This study was therefore undertaken to assess focused antenatal care service utilization and associated factors in western Ethiopia. Result This study has measured the utilization of focused antenatal care services in terms of regularity of frequency of attendance, initiation time and completeness of the components. In about 19.8% of mothers attendance was irregular. While than three-fourths 330 (78.6%) started in the second trimester, and 42 (10%) of them commenced in the third trimester. The essential components of the services like counseling on nutrition, family planning, and HIV/AIDS were respectively missing in 1.9%, 8.3% and 7.4% of clients. Providing and receiving quality ANC was found to have emanated from different factors which were related to mothers, providers and facilities. Although the overall ANC utilization noticed deceivingly seems satisfactory, it was not fully comprehensive, focused and not to its current standard. Further efforts in terms of effective planning, monitoring and evaluation activities on the service are therefore strongly recommended.
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spelling doaj.art-a0aa0a81c0744f0ca299aa00926e2f912022-12-21T18:24:48ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002019-05-011211710.1186/s13104-019-4311-3Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, EthiopiaAshenafi Habte Woyessa0Tahir Hasen Ahmed1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega UniversityDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega UniversityAbstract Objective Despite the fact that quality antenatal care is one of the essential aspects in maternal and child health care, the current perceived quality and associated factors of this service is not well acknowledged in Ethiopia. This study was therefore undertaken to assess focused antenatal care service utilization and associated factors in western Ethiopia. Result This study has measured the utilization of focused antenatal care services in terms of regularity of frequency of attendance, initiation time and completeness of the components. In about 19.8% of mothers attendance was irregular. While than three-fourths 330 (78.6%) started in the second trimester, and 42 (10%) of them commenced in the third trimester. The essential components of the services like counseling on nutrition, family planning, and HIV/AIDS were respectively missing in 1.9%, 8.3% and 7.4% of clients. Providing and receiving quality ANC was found to have emanated from different factors which were related to mothers, providers and facilities. Although the overall ANC utilization noticed deceivingly seems satisfactory, it was not fully comprehensive, focused and not to its current standard. Further efforts in terms of effective planning, monitoring and evaluation activities on the service are therefore strongly recommended.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4311-3FocusedAntenatal careQualityComprehensiveWestern Ethiopia
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Tahir Hasen Ahmed
Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia
BMC Research Notes
Focused
Antenatal care
Quality
Comprehensive
Western Ethiopia
title Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia
title_full Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia
title_fullStr Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia
title_short Assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in Western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia
title_sort assessment of focused antenatal care utilization and associated factors in western oromia nekemte ethiopia
topic Focused
Antenatal care
Quality
Comprehensive
Western Ethiopia
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4311-3
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