Abstract
This study examined the factors influencing postnatal health care attendance among Women in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The data used for the study was gathered by making use of structured questionnaire. Five hypotheses were formulated, chi-square and multiple linear regressions were used to analyze the data. From the result obtained, it was revealed that employment status, nature of settlement, religious belief, and place of delivery of women goes a long way in influencing their postnatal health care attendance. While educational levels of women do not influence their postnatal health care attendance. Based on the findings, it was recommended that effort to strengthen postnatal care should focus on universal coverage by addressing financial, religion, nature of settlement, place of delivery, education and cultural barriers to vulnerable groups, quality improvement to increase women’s satisfaction and carry the less privilege along and integration programmes to maximize the contact between women and health care services during and after delivery and enhance economic development.
Highlights
Around the world, it is recognized that postnatal care is crucial in maintaining and promoting the health of the women and the newborn baby, while providing an opportunity for health professionals to identify, monitor and damage health conditions that may develop in the mother and newborn during the postnatal period
Since P-value (0.000) for this test is less than 0.05, we reject a null hypothesis which means that there is a significant relationship between employment status of women and postnatal care attendance
This attributed to the fact that the employment status of women goes a long way in influencing their postnatal care attendance
Summary
It is recognized that postnatal care is crucial in maintaining and promoting the health of the women and the newborn baby, while providing an opportunity for health professionals to identify, monitor and damage health conditions that may develop in the mother and newborn during the postnatal period. Postnatal care provides health professionals with the opportunity to promote exclusive breastfeeding, personal hygiene, appropriate feeding practices and family planning counseling and services. Adigun A.O et al An Analysis of Utilization of Postnatal Care Services Among Mothers in Nigeria utilization of postnatal care services. Postnatal care services are provided by hospitals, private and public health centre’s, clinics and private practioners (medical doctors and registered nurses and midwives) and offer a range of services for mothers and babies. There is a major gap in the continuum of care due to low coverage of post natal care (PNC)
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