Factor responsible for under-utilization of primary health care centre among pregnant women in Alanamu health centre, Ilorin, Kwara state Department:Community Health By: iamjahmeyou Project ID: 7019 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractAccording to National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria despite extensive investments, the country still has insufficient healthcare delivery infrastructures, poor quality healthcare services and unevenly distributed human resource capacity. Going by the above, the reason for undergoing this research is to identify factors responsible for underutilization of primary health care among pregnant women with a view to access their knowledge on the risk of underutilization of primary health care services. The research was carried out using qualitative study design to research and identify factors that affect the utilization of Primary Health Care services by pregnant women. The study population is made up of selected facility staff and pregnant women attending antenatal including nursing mothers who used the facility during the antenatal within the last 6 months and those within the community that are not using the facility. The results obtained reveal that not attending primary health center during pregnancy can predispose the mother and baby to infection as the results indicated that 25.3% of the respondents agreed and 57.3% strongly agreed. The study concluded that the factors responsible for the underutilization of primary health centre are poor quality of health services, poor attitude of health workers, lack of confidentiality, culture and belief, and educational status. The required factors for improved utilization of primary health centre are the provision of health insurance, reduced cost of living, availability of skilled personnel and retaining of staff, availability of basic amenities like water and electricity and provision of effective focused ANC....Preview Download Preview +Other Community Health project topics and materials you might be interested in»Knowledge and awareness of the effects of narcotic drug use among students of Federal Polytechnic Idah»Effect of immunization in children between the ages of 0-5 in family health centre Idah Local Government Area Kogi State»The effect of abortion on female students in College of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, Kogi»Factors influencing the attitude of women towards family planning - case study of Oke Eiri, Atan Local Government Area»Problem of pregnancy and abortion on girl child education in Nigeria»Effect of malnutrition among children under five years of age in Patigi community of Patigi local government area of Kwara state»Attitude of couple toward modern family planning practice in Birnin Gwari, Birnin Gwari local government, Kaduna state»Importance of exclusive breast feeding on the health of an infant - case study of Idah local government area of Kogi state»Knowledge of protein energy malnutrition and its prevention among mothers with children below five years of age in Ubiegbe Community Idah, Lga, Kogi state»Causes, effects and control of communicable diseases in secondary schools»The impact of community health works in elderly condition in Ungogo local government»Causes and effects of drug abuse among adolescent in Amede community»A study on the causes, effects, prevention and control of threatened abortion among childbearing mothers ages (18-45) years in Gilead Children Hospital»Assessment of prevalence malaria among the patients attending Tofa comprehensive hospital»Assessing the mother knowledge on the benefit of breast feeding among children 0 - 24 months - a case study of Matoya village Maigatari local government, Jigawa state