التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Evaluating Religious Influences on the Utilization of Maternal Health Services among Muslim and Christian Women in North-Central Nigeria |
| المؤلفون: |
Maryam Al-Mujtaba, Llewellyn J Cornelius, Hadiza Galadanci, Salome Erekaha, Joshua N Okundaye, Olusegun A Adeyemi, Nadia A Sam-Agudu |
| المساهمون: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| المصدر: |
http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2016/3645415.pdfTest. |
| المجموعة: |
CiteSeerX |
| الوصف: |
Introduction. Uptake of antenatal services is low in Nigeria; however, indicators in the Christian-dominated South have been better than in the Muslim-dominated North. This study evaluated religious influences on utilization of general and HIV-related maternal health services among women in rural and periurban North-Central Nigeria. Materials and Methods. Targeted participants were HIV-positive, pregnant, or of reproductive age in the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa. Themes explored were utilization of facility-based services, provider gender preferences, and Mentor Mother acceptability. Thematic and content approaches were applied to manual data analysis. Results. Sixty-eight (68) women were recruited, 72% Christian and 28% Muslim. There were no significant religious influences identified among barriers to maternal service uptake. All participants stated preference for facilitybased services. Uptake limitations were mainly distance from clinic and socioeconomic dependence on male partners rather than religious restrictions. Neither Muslim nor Christian women had provider gender preferences; competence and positive attitude were more important. All women found Mentor Mothers highly acceptable. Conclusion. Barriers to uptake of maternal health services appear to be minimally influenced by religion. ANC/PMTCT uptake interventions should target male partner buy-in and support, healthcare provider training to improve attitudes, and Mentor Mother program strengthening and impact assessment. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1069.942Test; http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2016/3645415.pdfTest |
| الإتاحة: |
http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2016/3645415.pdfTest |
| حقوق: |
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| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.5202FFFC |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
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