Midwives’ Knowledge and practice of Focused Antenatal Care in selected health facilities in Ilorin, Kwara State
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2021
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National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abuja
Abstract
Background: Focused antenatal care (FANC) is an evidenced-based, client-centered, goal directed care provided by skilled health providers with emphasis on quality rather than frequency of visits to a woman during pregnancy.
Objectives: The main objective of this study was to assess midwives' knowledge and practice of focused antenatal care in selected health care facilities in Ilorin.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted for this study and purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 102 respondents for the study. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was utilized for data collection. Descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential (chi-square) analysis was done using SPSS version 20.
Results: results revealed that majority of the midwives had good knowledge and practice of focused antenatal care. A significant relationship exists between knowledge and practice of focused antenatal care with (X2+25.59; p-value =0.000<0.05). It was recommended that periodic training of midwives on focused antenatal should be implemented stressing its importance in the prevention of maternal and neonatal mortality.
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Knowledge, practice, focus antenatal care, pregnancy, midwives