EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF FACTORS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN OGUN STATE NIGERIA

Dominic AZUH; Akunna AZUH; Moses AKANBİ; Paul ADEKOLA; Davies ADELOYE; Lanre AMODU

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EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF FACTORS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN OGUN STATE NIGERIA

Yazarlar:

Dominic AZUH | Akunna AZUH | Moses AKANBİ | Paul ADEKOLA | Davies ADELOYE | Lanre AMODU

Dergi:

IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education 2017 Vol.3 Issue 9, pp.697-704

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2017

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000470896

Özet:

 


The study aimed at
educational awareness of non–medical factors associated with maternal mortality
reduction and to proffer policy guidelines for informed policy intervention. We
analyzed secondary data from the 2010 Covenant University project on
non-medical determinants of maternal mortality in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government
Area, Ogun State. The study employed an informant approach questionnaire
design, and information on maternal mortality was recorded from 360 eligible
respondents which constituted the sample size and descriptive statistics and
regression analysis were further applied. The study shows among others that
majority of the respondents married between the ages of 25 and 44 with a
proportion of 64.2 percent. As for the deceased spouse, an overwhelming
proportion of the deceased spouses got married below 30 years (64.2%).
Employment status of respondents showed that those not working registered 22.5
percent and their deceased counter parts in the same working status accounts
for higher proportion (39.9). The highest level of education attained by
majority of the respondents interviewed was secondary education (48.1%),
followed by primary education (28.6%). For the education of their deceased
spouses, it was observed that 50% of them had only primary education followed
by those who attained secondary school (26.7%) and those who never went to
school (19.7%). The educational attainment of the deceased was very poor when
compared to their husbands in all categories. Distance is a very important
factor in the utilization of health facility. Slightly above three-fourths of
respondents (75.2%) have to travel 6 km and beyond to access or avail
themselves this facility. Treatment
costs was mainly born by the respondents (49.7%) and spouse’s relatives and
friends (36.7%) Regression analysis results showed that ‘person who pays
the treatment costs’ (p=0.003) and ‘place of consultation’ (p=0.000) were
non-medical significant factors influencing maternal mortality reduction. The study
recommends empowering and improving the status of women through better
education and paid out of home employment in order to reduce maternal mortality
and prompt better Safe Motherhood Initiative, Also providing educational
awareness of non–medical factors associated with maternal mortality to men is
likely to herald positive decision and better treatment to women from men
especially during the journey of pregnancy and child birth. 

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Makale detayları

EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF FACTORS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN OGUN STATE NIGERIA

Yazarlar: Dominic AZUH | Akunna AZUH | Moses AKANBİ | Paul ADEKOLA | Davies ADELOYE | Lanre AMODU

Dergi: IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education 2017 Vol.3 Issue 9, pp.697-704

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2017

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000470896

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Dominic AZUH | Akunna AZUH | Moses AKANBİ | Paul ADEKOLA | Davies ADELOYE | Lanre AMODU

Dergi:

IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education 2017 Vol.3 Issue 9, pp.697-704

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2017

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000470896