Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis
Reducing the rate of mortality in neonates to as low as 12 per 1,000 live births is one of the clearly spelt out aims of the third tenet of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) because of its importance to the dynamics of population. While there have been various studies focused majorly on the c...
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Reducing the rate of mortality in neonates to as low as 12 per 1,000 live births is one of the clearly spelt out aims of the third tenet of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) because of its importance to the dynamics of population. While there have been various studies focused majorly on the causes, rates and determinants of neonatal mortality in Nigeria, studies on the impact of maternal/child care characteristics on neonatal mortality
and the potential implication of failing to attain the SDG target for neonatal mortality have seemingly been neglected. In this study, we undertake an analysis of the impact of maternal / child care characteristics on neonatal mortality using the logistic regression model. Results from the study showed that antenatal care (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.546 for women who visited the hospital during pregnancy on more than 5 occasions), post natal care (P-value = 0.004, odds ratio = 0.402 for women who received early neonatal care from skilled medical personnel), place of
delivery (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.592 for babies that were delivered in a government hospital) and skill of birth attendant (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.706 for babies who were delivered by trained doctors/nurses/midwives) had significant impact on neonatal mortality at the 95% confidence level implying that improved maternal health care: before, during and immediately after delivery as well as the quality of care to mother
and child are both important and necessary to the reduction of neonatal mortality in Nigeria. To achieve the sustainable development target for neonatal mortality, it is therefore recommended that stake holders in the public health sector improve the quality of existing health care facilities and access to quality services.
Keywords: Neonatal mortality, logistic regression, maternal care, child health care, Nigeria
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| spelling | doaj.art-f230aec5ab244707b412774ed3afed1f2024-04-02T19:49:05ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992020-08-0124710.4314/jasem.v24i7.26Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact AnalysisF. EwereD.O. Eke Reducing the rate of mortality in neonates to as low as 12 per 1,000 live births is one of the clearly spelt out aims of the third tenet of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) because of its importance to the dynamics of population. While there have been various studies focused majorly on the causes, rates and determinants of neonatal mortality in Nigeria, studies on the impact of maternal/child care characteristics on neonatal mortality and the potential implication of failing to attain the SDG target for neonatal mortality have seemingly been neglected. In this study, we undertake an analysis of the impact of maternal / child care characteristics on neonatal mortality using the logistic regression model. Results from the study showed that antenatal care (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.546 for women who visited the hospital during pregnancy on more than 5 occasions), post natal care (P-value = 0.004, odds ratio = 0.402 for women who received early neonatal care from skilled medical personnel), place of delivery (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.592 for babies that were delivered in a government hospital) and skill of birth attendant (P-value = 0.000, odds ratio = 0.706 for babies who were delivered by trained doctors/nurses/midwives) had significant impact on neonatal mortality at the 95% confidence level implying that improved maternal health care: before, during and immediately after delivery as well as the quality of care to mother and child are both important and necessary to the reduction of neonatal mortality in Nigeria. To achieve the sustainable development target for neonatal mortality, it is therefore recommended that stake holders in the public health sector improve the quality of existing health care facilities and access to quality services. Keywords: Neonatal mortality, logistic regression, maternal care, child health care, Nigeria https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/198533Neonatal mortality, logistic regression, maternal care, child health care, Nigeria |
| spellingShingle | F. Ewere D.O. Eke Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management Neonatal mortality, logistic regression, maternal care, child health care, Nigeria |
| title | Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis |
| title_full | Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis |
| title_short | Neonatal Mortality and Maternal/Child Health Care in Nigeria: An Impact Analysis |
| title_sort | neonatal mortality and maternal child health care in nigeria an impact analysis |
| topic | Neonatal mortality, logistic regression, maternal care, child health care, Nigeria |
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