dc.contributor.author | Sirma, S K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T07:12:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T07:12:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Degree of masters of medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/24621 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Antenatal care is perhaps the most common routine medical activity. It
provides a unique opportunity for broader health education, especially for reproductive and
for promoting healthy lifestyles. World wide both in developed and developing countries
there is still under utilization of antenatal care services. This has been attributed to different
socio-economic and cultural factors. In developed countries comparison of outcomes among
women who did and those who did not receive antenatal care or who first attended late and
those who attended early have shown to be influenced by socio-economic factors, education
level, unwanted pregnancies and maternal age. While in developing countries, Kenya
included, the main factors contributing to low utilization of antenatal care include long
distance to health facility, level of knowledge in antenatal care by mothers about the potential
benefits of use of antenatal care and level of education. Other factors are staff shortages and
irregular outreach activities by reproductive health workers, as well as mothers being busy in
search of food and income.
Objective: To determine factors influencing early and late attendance of antenatal care at
Iten district Hospital.
Study design: A comparative cross-sectional study
Study site: The study was carried out at Iten District Hospital at the Antenatal, MCH I FP
clinics and postnatal ward.
Methodology: Mothers who had delivered before were selected and interviewed with a
structured questionnaire at the antenatal, MCH IFP clinics and postnatal ward until the
required sample size was achieved. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Case reports and long commentaries in obstetrics and gynaecology | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |