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Volume 6, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Neonatal Biol, an open access journal
ISSN:2167-0897
Neonatology 2017
December 04-06, 2017
December 04-06, 2017 | Madrid, Spain
20
th
International Conference on
NEONATOLOGY AND PERINATOLOGY
Shared antenatal care to increase utilization of maternity services
Etedafe P Gharoro and Igbafe A A
University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
T
he objective of the study, now published, was to identify factors, which may have contributed to the decline in the utilisation
of maternity services at the tertiary institution in Benin. The cross sectional study was undertaken at the antenatal units of
the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Central Hospital Benin (CHB), Catholic Maternity Hospital (CMH) and
the Anglican Women Hospital (AWH), between the months of June and September 1998. 1200 pregnant women at various
gestational ages, attending the antenatal clinics were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The mothers also responded
to open-ended questions. The inquiry included personal data, place of domicile, information on previous and present antenatal
booking and maternity service utilization. 950 adequately completed questionnaires were analyzed. All the patients attended
the clinic from within the town. The catchment area for each of the maternity units was not clustered, nor showed any pattern
of delineation by place of patients’ domicile. Patients attended any antenatal clinic from various locations in town, indifferent of
the distance or proximity to their residence. The reasons for not attending antenatal care in UBTH are multiple and in various
combinations. A large number of the patients (71.47%) that have no previous delivery experience with UBTH, did not book
with the centre because of the cost of services (19.89%), poor attention (27.37%) and distance from place of residence (24.21%).
23 patients (50.0%) of all the women that have delivered in UBTH complained of cost. 295 mothers (31.05%) were satisfied
with their present centres and do not want a change. Included in this number that were satisfied are 12 (21.42%) women that
have delivered previously in UBTH. Patients’ satisfaction and aversion for obstetric interventions could be improved by shared
antenatal care to increase utilisation of maternity services. We recommend the introduction of a midwife-managed care unit
in the department, for the management of low-risk mothers.
gharoro@uniben.eduJ Neonatal Biol 2017, 6:3(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0897-C1-006