Midwives’ Knowledge and practice of Focused Antenatal Care in selected health facilities in Ilorin, Kwara State

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dc.contributor.authorOlubiyi, S.K.
dc.contributor.authorOnasoga, O.O
dc.contributor.authorIbitoye, B
dc.contributor.authorUthman, S.O
dc.contributor.authorGambari, Y
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-02T14:03:38Z
dc.date.available2023-06-02T14:03:38Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/10915
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNational Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abujaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2(1);55-66
dc.subjectKnowledge, practice, focus antenatal care, pregnancy, midwivesen_US
dc.titleMidwives’ Knowledge and practice of Focused Antenatal Care in selected health facilities in Ilorin, Kwara Stateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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