Conference abstract
The influence of knowledge on the uptake of postnatal care services among postnatal mothers in Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2024:21(60).29
Apr 2024.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2024.21.60.2391
Archived on: 29 Apr 2024
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Keywords: Knowledge, uptake, postnatal care services
Oral presentation
The influence of knowledge on the uptake of postnatal care services among postnatal mothers in Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Neema S. Msemwa1,&, Agatha F. Ngowi2
1Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing and Public Health, the University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania, 2Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health the University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania
&Corresponding author
Introduction: postnatal care is a care given to the mother and her newborn baby immediately after the third stage of labour and for the first six weeks of life. Being knowledgeable of the postnatal care services is crucial to improving uptake o postnatal care services, thus reducing the likelihood of maternal and neonatal deaths which usually occur during postpartum period. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to assess the influence of knowledge on uptake of postnatal care services among postnatal mothers in Dodoma region.
Methods: a community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 420 postnatal women at their 7th to 12th weeks postpartum. Simple random sampling technique was used to select study participants from the selected households. Logistic regression was applied to identify association between independent and dependent variable. An adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and p-value less than 0.05 was applied.
Results: this study involved 420 participants. The mean age of the participants was 28±6.204. The prevalence of postnatal care services utilization in this study was 32% and only 39.8% of the participants have knowledge of postnatal care services. In multiple logistic regression model analysis results showed that, Participant who had knowledge of maternal danger signs and participant who were knowledgeable about Postnatal care schedule were factors found to be significantly influenced the uptake of PNC services utilization.
Conclusion: this study showed that majority of postnatal mothers in Dodoma region had limited knowledge on postnatal care services. Only 32.4% utilize postnatal care services in the area of study. Factors affecting adequate uptake of postnatal care services include knowledge of maternal danger signs and knowledge about postnatal care schedule.
The influence of knowledge on the uptake of postnatal care services among postnatal mothers in Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Neema S. Msemwa1,&, Agatha F. Ngowi2
1Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing and Public Health, the University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania, 2Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health the University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania
&Corresponding author
Introduction: postnatal care is a care given to the mother and her newborn baby immediately after the third stage of labour and for the first six weeks of life. Being knowledgeable of the postnatal care services is crucial to improving uptake o postnatal care services, thus reducing the likelihood of maternal and neonatal deaths which usually occur during postpartum period. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to assess the influence of knowledge on uptake of postnatal care services among postnatal mothers in Dodoma region.
Methods: a community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 420 postnatal women at their 7th to 12th weeks postpartum. Simple random sampling technique was used to select study participants from the selected households. Logistic regression was applied to identify association between independent and dependent variable. An adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval and p-value less than 0.05 was applied.
Results: this study involved 420 participants. The mean age of the participants was 28±6.204. The prevalence of postnatal care services utilization in this study was 32% and only 39.8% of the participants have knowledge of postnatal care services. In multiple logistic regression model analysis results showed that, Participant who had knowledge of maternal danger signs and participant who were knowledgeable about Postnatal care schedule were factors found to be significantly influenced the uptake of PNC services utilization.
Conclusion: this study showed that majority of postnatal mothers in Dodoma region had limited knowledge on postnatal care services. Only 32.4% utilize postnatal care services in the area of study. Factors affecting adequate uptake of postnatal care services include knowledge of maternal danger signs and knowledge about postnatal care schedule.
