Women's and Health-Care Providers' Views of Maternal Practices and Services in Rural Nigeria

Maternal mortality and morbidity estimates in Nigeria continue to be dramatically high largely because maternal services, especially in rural areas, are often deficient and inappropriate to women's situations. The Safe Motherhood Project in Zone A examined the pregnancy-related knowledge, attit...

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Published in:Studies in family planning 1994-11, Vol.25 (6), p.353-361
Main Authors: Okafor, Chinyelu B., Rizzuto, Rahna R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Caregivers
Child
Childbirth
Delivery of Health Care - trends
Female
Health care delivery
Health Care Utilization
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Infant welfare
Infant, Newborn
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal health care
Maternal health services
Maternal mortality
Maternal Mortality - trends
Maternal welfare
Medical referrals
Medicine, Traditional
Middle Aged
Midwifery - trends
Midwives
Morbidity
Mortality
Mortality Rates
Motherhood
Mothers
Nigeria
Nigeria - epidemiology
Nurses
Obstetric labor complications
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Patient Care Team - trends
Patient outcomes
Population
Pregnancy
Referral and Consultation - trends
Rural Areas
Rural health services
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Services
Social aspects
Social research
Surveys
Womens health
Womens Health Care
Womens health services
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Summary:Maternal mortality and morbidity estimates in Nigeria continue to be dramatically high largely because maternal services, especially in rural areas, are often deficient and inappropriate to women's situations. The Safe Motherhood Project in Zone A examined the pregnancy-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of community members, and women's use of community maternal health services. Focus-group discussions and interviews confirmed a number of recent findings by other studies; they also documented extensive hostility between the two most commonly used health-care providers: traditional birth attendants and midwives. The hostility resulted in rumors, deliberate attempts to discourage women from seeking higher levels of care, and refusals to accept referrals or treat patients, which were found to be serious constraints to good maternal care in the targeted rural area.
ISSN:0039-3665
1728-4465
DOI:10.2307/2137879