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Importance of Antenatal Care Services to Pregnant Women at the Buea Regional Hospital Cameroon

Received: 21 September 2016     Accepted: 5 October 2016     Published: 2 November 2016
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It is known from studies that the morbidity and mortality of pregnant women who attend antenatal care is reduced compared to women who do not attend antenatal care. That is why this study aimed at assessing the antenatal care services of pregnant women with the objective to determine the knowledge, know the importance of ANC and finally now the factors that hinder women from attending ANC. In this study, a descriptive cross-sectional designed was used, and a sample random sampling method was used to select a total of 50 participants. A well structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analyzed using micro-soft excel version 2007 and the results were represented on tables. Findings showed that majority 92% of these pregnant women have knowledge on the importance of ANC, In addition, Majority 38% of these pregnant complained of poverty as their major hindrance, It was concluded that women had knowledge on antenatal care and we concluded that the hospital administration should reduce the fee of antenatal care so that the pregnant women will be encouraged to attend.

Published in Journal of Family Medicine and Health Care (Volume 2, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.jfmhc.20160204.11
Page(s) 23-29
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Keywords

Antenatal, Care Services, Pregnancy, Women, Cameroon

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    Samuel Nambile Cumber, Dioni Christabel Diale, Elive Mbua Stanly, Nina Monju. Importance of Antenatal Care Services to Pregnant Women at the Buea Regional Hospital Cameroon. J Fam Med Health Care. 2016;2(4):23-29. doi: 10.11648/j.jfmhc.20160204.11

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Author Information
  • Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Department of Nursing & Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal Durban, South Africa

  • Under Privilege Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon

  • Under Privilege Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon

  • Under Privilege Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon

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