24Feb 2017

USERS EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS ON MATERNAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN SIAYA COUNTY, WESTERN KENYA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY.

  • Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology.
  • Department of Biological Sciences, School of Biological and Physical Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology.
  • Department of Health, County Government of Siaya.
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Background: Proper utilization of maternal healthcare services greatly reduces maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. However, utilization of such care is poor in Siaya County western Kenya. This study explored the user’s experiences and perception of maternal healthcare services, and gathered suggestions for optimizing utilization of maternal healthcare services in Siaya County. Methods: We conducted a cross sectional qualitative study from January to March 2015 in 8 selected community health units. Eight focus group discussions and 14 in depth interviews were carried out involving a total of 98 respondents. Results: Our results determined that the major barriers affecting utilization of maternal healthcare services included inadequate awareness of availability of the services and their importance, limited availability of skilled maternal healthcare services, negative provider’s attitude, maternal fears, weak facility-community linkage and no evidence of maternal healthcare continuum. Conclusion: To bridge these gaps there is need to intensify awareness creation on available of skilled maternal healthcare services and their importance, avail 24 hours skilled delivery services, provide incentives to mothers and promotion of positive attitude amongst skilled providers. Important is also empowerment of community health volunteers (CHVs) to be able to identify pregnant mothers early through pregnancy testing at community and enhancing maternal healthcare continuum by providing evidence based community maternal health services.

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[Obinge Elizabeth Omondi, Fred A. Amimo, Omondi S. Owino and Asito Stephen Amolo. (2017); USERS EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS ON MATERNAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN SIAYA COUNTY, WESTERN KENYA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 1254-1267] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3278      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3278

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