An Assessment Of Birth Preparedness And Complication Readiness In Antenatal Women In Umuahia North Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria.

Assessment of birth preparedness and complication readiness among pregnant women attending Primary Health Care Centres in Edo State, Nigeria

“…[34] Slightly less than half of the respondents were aware of at least one danger signs associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Almost similar figures were reported in two other studies, [13,32] contrasting with the poorer knowledge reported in studies carried out in West Bengal, [29] and Mpwapwa. [23] Educational level, maternal age, and occupation have been linked to knowledge of danger signs, as was similarly observed in this study, but contrary to what was observed in West Bengal.…”

“…Community resources were poorly known or recognized by the majority of women, which corroborates with earlier studies, [13] and contrary to what was reported in West Bengal, [29] probably because they were unavailable or because information about them was not made available to the mothers. The approach to tackling this problem is to involve and obtain the commitment of local government chairpersons, community, and opinion leaders, with the aim of strengthen existing service; so as to be able provide local transport, blood donors and emergency funds through community health funds.…”

“…A similar figure was obtained in a study in Umahia. [13] Gaps in planning were however noted with regards to identifying potential blood donors as was also noted in other studies. [23,29,33] In rural settings where blood bank services are nonexistent or inadequate, the prior identification of a donor cannot be overemphasized.…”

“…Danger signs during labour are vaginal bleeding, prolonged labor (>12 h), convulsions and retained placenta, and in the postpartum period, danger signs include vaginal bleeding, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, and high fever. [13,14] A woman was classified as "well birth prepared" if she had taken any three of the following steps: had knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy, identified a skilled birth provider at birth, saved or had plans to save money for delivery, or had identified a means of transport to a place of childbirth, in the event of an obstetric emergency occurring during childbirth or ahead of childbirth, or had purchased delivery kit/materials. [15,16] A respondent who achieved two or less of the three steps was classified as not well birth prepared.…”

Knowledge about birth preparedness and complication readiness and associated factors among primigravida women in Addis Ababa governmental health facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015

“…This finding was higher compared to the study of Uganda, Mulago hospital. In this study only 47(11.1%) spontaneously mentioned all four key danger signs of labor/ child birth while the study done in Nigeria showed high, which is 19.62% [17]. On the other side, a study in Adigrat town, North Ethiopia showed only 0.2% respondent named all four key danger signs [3].…”