Factors affecting utilisation of post natal care (PNC) services among mothers in Ishaka

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dc.contributor.authorWere Flavia
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-14T09:11:07Z
dc.date.available2019-11-14T09:11:07Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery of Kampala International Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractA cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from mothers in Ishaka town; 87 mothers were interviewed. A checklist was employed to collect information from the different health facilities. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 and Microsoft Excel 2007 version. A total of 87 mothers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. A total of 67 mothers (77%) did not attend PNC, with attendance at only 23% (20 mothers). In bivariate analysis, a number of factors were found to be associated with PNC utilization as shown. There are still existent gaps in the awareness and importance of PNC services, confounded by the lack of education by health service providers, in addition to other factors affecting its utilizationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/3082
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKampala International University, School of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectPost natal careen_US
dc.subjectPost natal care (PNC) servicesen_US
dc.subjectIshakaen_US
dc.titleFactors affecting utilisation of post natal care (PNC) services among mothers in Ishakaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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