Universal Journal of Public Health Vol. 6(2), pp. 94 - 101
DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2018.060209
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Determinants of Maternal Care Services Utilization within Conjugal Context in Lagos State

Felicia A. Oyekanmi ^*, Kennedy Eborka , Olusegun Temilola
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

Antenatal care attendance is an essential component of maternal health and critical to reducing high maternal and child mortality in Nigeria. This study focused on factors that influence maternal healthcare services utilization at the conjugal level. The study was carried out among ever-married men and women in Shomolu, Lagos State, between March and June, 2017. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were adopted to implement the study. At the quantitative level, cross-sectional survey was adopted while In-Depth Interview (IDI) was used at the qualitative level. The probability sampling technique was adopted to select a sample size of 480 respondents for the quantitative aspect of the study, while 36 participants were purposively selected for the qualitative aspect. The study examined the relationship between men's perception of the influence of antenatal clinic attendance on pregnancy outcome and their approval of wives' antenatal clinic attendance. It equally investigated the relationship between educational attainment and perception of non-attendance of antenatal clinic among women, and the relationship between requirement to obtain husband's permission and number of antenatal care attendance among women. Results showed that no relationships exist between men's perception of antenatal care attendance and their approval for wives' attendance of antenatal care facility. However, educational attainment among men was found to be positively related to their perception of antenatal clinic attendance. Similarly, test result showed a relationship between women's perception of antenatal care attendance and number of attendance, with t(83.395) = 7.718, p<0.001.

KEYWORDS
Conjugal, Household, Lagos, Healthcare, Mortality

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Felicia A. Oyekanmi , Kennedy Eborka , Olusegun Temilola , "Determinants of Maternal Care Services Utilization within Conjugal Context in Lagos State," Universal Journal of Public Health, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 94 - 101, 2018. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2018.060209.

(b). APA Format:
Felicia A. Oyekanmi , Kennedy Eborka , Olusegun Temilola (2018). Determinants of Maternal Care Services Utilization within Conjugal Context in Lagos State. Universal Journal of Public Health, 6(2), 94 - 101. DOI: 10.13189/ujph.2018.060209.