FACTORS INFLUENCING UTILIZATION OF ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN OF OMDURMAN MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN SUDAN 2015

Abstract

Abstract

Backgrou

n

d

Antenatal care refers to the interventions to control maternal and infant

mortality. It is a

planned program of medical management of pregnant women directed towards; making

pregnancy and labor a safe and satisfying experience

Aims

The aim of the study was first to assess the knowledge and attitude of the pregnant

women about im

portance of antenatal care, second to identify schedules and distance of

antenatal care services, third to determine the attitude of antenatal care provider during

provision services.

Methods

A cross

-

sectional hospital

-

based study was conducted among preg

nant women attending

antenatal care outpatient clinic in Omdurman maternity h

ospital in Sudan, A total of 183

pregnant women were enrolled in the study. A self administered questionnaire were used

to obtain information from

pregnant women,

statistical packa

ge for social sceinse

SPSS

(version 16 )

software was used to make descriptive statistics and cross tabulations with

chi

-

square test were performed to explore associations between variables.

Results

(21.3

%) of women were primigravida, almost

pregnant women

(86.3

%) use ANC

services, the major sources of information on knowledg

e of ANC cited were hospital

(68.9

%), the majority of the women access the ANC services dur

ing 1st Trimester

(97.9%), (61.7

%) of the pregnant women agreed that healthy pr

egnancy and safe delivery

are benefits of ANC services.

Conclusion

Generally access, use of ANC services

and payment for to ANC services

these three

factors found

to be great

influence

on

the utilization of ANC services among pregnant

women in Omdurman mat

ernity hospital