Factors influencing the utilization of Focused antenatal care services during pregnancy, a study among postnatal women in a tertiary healthcare facility, Ghana

Kennedy Diema Konlan; Joel Afram Saah; Roberta Mensima Amoah; Abdul Razak Doat; Iddrisu Mohammed; Juliana Asibi Abdulai; Kennedy Dodam Konlan

doi:10.1002/nop2.569

Factors influencing the utilization of Focused antenatal care services during pregnancy, a study among postnatal women in a tertiary healthcare facility, Ghana

Kennedy Diema Konlan, Joel Afram Saah, Roberta Mensima Amoah, Abdul Razak Doat, Iddrisu Mohammed, Juliana Asibi Abdulai, Kennedy Dodam Konlan

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Aim: To assess the factors that influence the utilization of FANC services among pregnant women. Methodology: A cross-sectional quantitative study conducted among 210 postnatal women in Ho Teaching Hospital. Data were entered into Microsoft excel, cleaned and transported to SPSS and analysed. Cross tabulations were used to explore associations between variables. Results: The respondents indicated that FANC would enable them to receive comprehensive ANC (74.8%). Higher parity was significantly associated with low utilization of FANC (p =.028). Long distance to the health facility, seeking permission to use FANC was significantly associated with low utilization of FANC (p <.001). Fear associated with witchcraft was associated with low FANC utilization (p <.001).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1822-1832
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nursing Open
Volume	7
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.569
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

antenatal
factors
focused antenatal care
influencing
maternal health
pregnancy
utilization

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