Knowledge of Birth Preparedness and Complications Readiness: An Urban- Rural Comparison of Maternal and Child Health Clinic Attendees in Anambra State, Nigeria

Umeh, Uche Marian; Onwasigwe, CN; Adinma, ED; Nnebue, Chimnoso

doi:10.9734/ajmah/2018/40634

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“…Good knowledge of BPCR in the respondents was slightly above average and statistically significantly higher in respondents from the urban communities 118 (64.5%) when compared with the respondents from the rural communities 95 (51.9%). This corresponds with findings from a study in Anambra State Southeast Nigeria where slightly more than half (54.5%) of the respondents in the urban, compared to those in the rural (50.4%) had a fair knowledge of birth preparedness (BP) (p= 0.109) [ 13 ]. Also, more respondents in urban (62.1%) than in rural (59.5%) had poor knowledge of complication readiness (CR) (p=0.005).…”

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“…A study carried out in 2015 in Enugu State in Southeast Nigeria to compare the rural and urban differences in the knowledge of women on important danger signs of pregnancy - a component of BPCR showed that a significantly higher percentage of pregnant women in rural areas 145 (53.7%) had good knowledge of danger signs when compared to urban areas 104 (38.5%) (p-value <0.001) [ 12 ]. Conversely, a study was done in 2014 in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, found no significant difference in the knowledge of birth preparedness in respondents in rural and urban areas [ 13 ]. These unusual findings may be due to an increase in safe motherhood interventions by the government in conjunction with some non-governmental organizations, which appears to be more pronounced in rural areas since in Nigeria, maternal mortality is higher in rural compared to urban areas [ 5 , 12 ].…”

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Preparation for birth and complication readiness: rural-urban disparities among pregnant women in communities in Enugu State, Nigeria

Obionu¹,

Ajuba²,

Aguwa³

2022

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction: birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) is a key component of safe motherhood programs. The study aimed to determine the rural-urban disparities in BPCR and its predictors among pregnant women. Methods: this study was a community-based comparative cross-sectional study carried out among 366 pregnant women living in rural and urban areas in Enugu State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the participants. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics at a significant level of p < 0.05. Results: among the respondents, 213 (58.2%) had good knowledge of the components of BPCR. However, a significantly higher proportion of those in urban areas had better knowledge of these components than those in rural areas (p=0.01). Generally, there was a poor practice of BPCR among both groups of respondents. However, between both groups of respondents, good practice of BPCR was statistically significantly higher in respondents from urban areas 69 (37.7%) than those in rural areas 47 (25.7%) (X 2 =6.108, p=0.013). Several factors were found to be associated with good practice of BPCR among the respondents however, the only predictor of good practice of BPCR among the urban respondents was being aware of free maternal and child health services in the State while for the rural respondents, it was having an assisted delivery in the last stages of pregnancy. Conclusion: there are rural-urban disparities in BPCR. Most pregnant women are knowledgeable about its components but the majority do not practice it appropriately.

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Preparation for birth and complication readiness: rural-urban disparities among pregnant women in communities in Enugu State, Nigeria

Obionu¹,

Ajuba²,

Aguwa³

2022

Pan Afr Med J

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“…On the other hand, the findings of the current study are lower as compared with a study conducted in Debre birhan town Ethiopia (65.9%) [45], Mizan-Tepi Ethiopia (66%) [19], Northern Ghana (74.3%) [46], Federal Police Referral Hospital Ethiopia (53.3%)[23], Chamwino district Central Tanzania (58.2%) [47], Edo state Nigeria (87%) [48], Nepal (65%) [49], Imo state Nigeria (77%) [50], Migori county Kenya(56%) [51], Kericho county Kenya(70.5%) [52], Chiro zonal Hospital East Ethiopia (56.7%) [53], Urban Anambra state Nigeria (54.5%) [54], Kamineni Hyderabad (71.5%) [55], and Cross River State Southeastern Nigeria (70.6%) [32].…”

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Intended Pregnancy as a Predictor of Good Knowledge on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness: the Case of Northern Ethiopia Pregnant Mothers

Tsegaw

Cherkos

Badi

et al. 2019

International Journal of Reproductive Medicine

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Background Maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in developing countries. One key strategy to reduce such mortality is utilization of birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) and creating awareness of BP/CR is an important step for pregnant women, their families, and the community. However, there was limited to no evidence regarding the community's awareness on BP/CR in the study area. Therefore, this study aimed to assess knowledge on BP/CR and associated factors among pregnant women in Debremarkos town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017. Methods A Community based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 1 to 30/2017. A total of 441 pregnant women were included in the study. Structured and pretested questionnaire was administered through face to face interview to collect the data. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. The data were entered in to Epinfo version 7.0 and then exported to SPSS version 20.0 for analysis. Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression model were fitted. Crude and adjusted odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval have been computed and variables with p-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significance. Results. The proportion of pregnant women having good knowledge on birth preparedness and complication readiness was found to be 45.2 with 95%CI (40.4, 50.0). In the multivariable analysis, having history of childbirth (AOR=2.17;95%CI:1.18,4.00), having intended pregnancy (AOR=2.13;95%CI: 1.16, 3.90), being governmental employee ( AOR=6.50; 95%CI: 2.50, 16.87), and having Antenatal care visits (AOR=5.50; 95%CI:2.2,13.70) were factors which were independently and significantly associated with good knowledge on birth preparedness and complication readiness. Conclusion Proportion of pregnant women having good knowledge on birth preparedness and complication readiness was low. Putting emphasis on intended pregnancy and antenatal care visit was recommended.

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“…Labor preparation is one of the strategies in labor planning. Labor planning includes a minimum of four times during pregnancy check-up during pregnancy, knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy, place of delivery, birth attendants, labor costs, transportation, childbirth assistance, who is guarding at home and a potential blood donor [4].…”

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The Effectiveness of Using Gadgets on Pregnant Women

Tristanti¹,

Nisak²,

Khoirunnisa³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Science, Health, Economics, Education and Technology (ICoSHEET 2019)

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The high maternal death cases in Indonesia especially from indirect cases come from delay to identify the dangers of labor, to make a decision, to refer the patient and to get a medical intervention. These cases because of unpreparedness of pregnant women to face the labor and the complication. There are 78% people use gadget, including the pregnant women. It can be potential thing to increase the preparedness of the pregnant woman to face the labor and complication by get information from internet. This study aims to identify the effectiveness of gadgets to increase the preparedness of pregnant women facing labor and complications. Method: This research is a quasiexperimental design with 60 respondents. This study used quota sampling method, conducted on April-May 2019 in Kudus. The intervention was the use of gadgets as a source information of pregnancy and preparation of labor that carried out 5-30 minutes 1-2 times per day for 1 month. The instrument was modified Birth Preparedness and Complication readiness (BPCR). The data analysis used ttest. Results: Gadgets can be used to increase the preparedness of pregnant women facing labor and complication. It was proven by the results of statistical tests with a value of p = 0.04. Conclusion: The use of gadgets to increase the readiness to face labor and complications is recommended for pregnant women but it must be balance with awareness of the negative effects, such as impaired vision and concentration, decrease quality of sleep and make gadget addiction.

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Knowledge of Birth Preparedness and Complications Readiness: An Urban- Rural Comparison of Maternal and Child Health Clinic Attendees in Anambra State, Nigeria

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Preparation for birth and complication readiness: rural-urban disparities among pregnant women in communities in Enugu State, Nigeria

Preparation for birth and complication readiness: rural-urban disparities among pregnant women in communities in Enugu State, Nigeria

Intended Pregnancy as a Predictor of Good Knowledge on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness: the Case of Northern Ethiopia Pregnant Mothers

The Effectiveness of Using Gadgets on Pregnant Women

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