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PCOS 2018
Journal of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology
ISSN: 2572-5432
Page 45
June 07-08, 2018
London, UK
4
th
World Congress on
Polycystic Ovarian
Syndrome
Background:
Maternal morbidity and mortality can be prevented
through appropriate health follow-up during pregnancy. Maternal
death due to pregnancy related complications remains a major
public health problem. Ethiopia is among the countries that
contributes about 50% of maternal death; although improvement
has been shown to wards reduction of child mortality, change in
maternal mortality is very far from the MDG 5 target. According
EDHS (Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey) 2011, maternal
mortality ratio (MMR) is 676 per 100,000 live births. Despite the
effort of the government to improve the health status of women,
achieving significant change by increasing access to health
facility is still very low. It is thus important to assess howmaternal
health care utilization is affected.
Method:
This study utilizes secondary data on ANC service
utilization and factors affecting, mainly from PubMed. The data
were thoroughly analyzed.
Result:
The result of the study is presented based on examination
of literature within the context of the study objective. Maternal
awareness, distance of the health facility from home, place of
residence, education, income, age, parity, unintended pregnancy
and service satisfaction were strong predicators of ANC service
utilization. EDHS 2011 indicated that ANC visit in women with
secondary education and above were 91.3%, compared to 33.9%
in those not educated.
Conclusion:
This study has shown that the use of ANC service in
Ethiopia is low and affected by women and facility related several
factors. With regards to the women related factors awareness,
place of residence, education, income, age, parity and desire of
the pregnancy are important predicators. From the health facility
aspect, distance of the facility, transportation conditions and
service quality are found to be essential determinants to use
ANC services. Therefore, utilization of ANC service could not be
improved if the above predominant factors are not addressed.
Since the problems have multiple natures, multi-sectorial
collaboration to improve and solve personal factors of the women
and institutional factors is very important. Improving maternal
health status is also a key factor for national and economic
development of countries because problem affecting women has
intertwined effects on the child, family and nation.
ameaza81@yahoo.comPredictors of antenatal care utilization in Ethiopia
Meaza Ayele Aseffa
Ethiopia
J Clin Mol Endocrinol 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5432-C1-003