Effect of antenatal education on knowledge and utilization of facilitybased delivery services among pregnant women in two health institutions in Alimosho, Lagos state
Date
2020
Authors
Orji, UO
Ademuyiwa, IY
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publisher and licensee Medip Academy
Abstract
Background: Facility-based delivery care is an essential component of maternity care. Overtime, its under-utilization despite improvement in antenatal attendance has become a public health concern in Nigeria. To assess the effect of antenatal education on the knowledge and utilization of facility-based delivery services among pregnant women in primary health facilities in Alimosho, Lagos.
Methods: Quasi-experimental design of 2 groups pre- and post-intervention was adopted and through multi-staged sampling techniques, 128 participants were selected but 117 completed the study. Self-developed structured
questionnaire with reliability index of 0.76 was used for data collection. The intervention package was antenatal
education package on benefits and components of delivery services. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for
the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 statistical package.
Results: The mean age of participants in control and experimental groups was 32.3±9.60 and 34.7±8.21 years
respectively. Findings revealed moderate knowledge mean score (control- 54.97±10.52; experimental-52.14±11.09)
and low pre-intervention utilization mean score (control 13.33±3.41; experimental-13.17±4.21). Findings also showed
significant improvement on post-intervention mean knowledge score of 52.14±11.09 versus 104.75±5.56 and a
significant difference in post-intervention utilization (p=0.000) and follow-up (p=0.013) on the experimental group.
Conclusions: The study concluded that the antenatal education programme had positive effect on the pregnant women’s
knowledge and utilization of health facility delivery services, therefore, there is need to strengthen and intensify
antenatal education at all levels of healthcare using appropriate teaching techniques.
Description
Scholarly article
Keywords
Facility-based delivery , Antenatal education , Knowledge , Utilization , Maternity care , Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE
Citation
Orji, N.U. & Ademuyiwa, I.Y. Effect of antenatal education on knowledge and utilization of facility-based delivery services among pregnant women in two health institutions in Alimosho, Lagos state. Int J Res Med Sci 2020;8:3457-62