Maternal morbidity and mortality remain a major public health challenges in developing countries, often linked to poor utilization of antenatal care (ANC). Assessment of antenatal care services knowledge, perception, utilization and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in state hospital, Oyo State, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used, with data collected from 220 pregnant women through a self-developed questionnaire. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and chi-square tests at a 0.05 significance level. The majority of respondents were aged 26–30 years(40%), Christians(63.6%), Yoruba (73.6%), and married (94%). Most came from monogamous families (64.5%), had 3–4 children (44.5%), and held OND/HND qualifications (28.6%). Many were civil servants (28.6%),with average monthly incomes between 31,000–50,000 (28.2%). Mostwereintheir33–40weeksofgestation(73.6%) and had attended two ANC visits (45.7%), though 60% reported completing their scheduled ANC visits. The result of this study reveal that respondents are highly knowledgeable about the benefit of antennal services (68.8%) and the perceptions of pregnant women towards ANC services providers is positive (64.4%). This study further observe that utilization of Antenatal Care Services is poor(40%) and the factors associated with antenatal care services utilization include proximity to health care facility (63.3%), Poor environmental condition of the health care facility (70.9%), Availability of traditional birth attendance (63.3%), Cost of services (60.0%). Hypothesis tested showed a statistically significant relationship between socio-demographic characteristics like age (P-value=0.000),family type (P-value=0.038),family size (P-value=0.003), educational qualification (P-value = 0.007), occupation (P-value = 0.007) and average monthly income(P-value=0.000) and utilization of antenatal care services. Ho2 shows that there is a statistically significant relationship between obstetric histories of gravid (P-value = 0.027), parity (P-value = 0.0025), antenatal visits (P-value =0.011), and place of delivery (P-value=0.000).H03 revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship between knowledge of the benefits of antenatal care services and utilization of antenatal care services. (P-value= 0.014). H04 observed that there is a statistically significant relationship between perception about health care providers conducting antenatal care services and utilization (P-value=0.001) of antenatal care services. The study concludes that despite good knowledge and positive perceptions, ANC utilization remains low, highlighting the need for improved access, education, and supportive health policies.
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- Assessment; Antenatal Care Services; Knowledge; Perception; Utilization; Associated Factors; Pregnant Women.
- ASSESSMENT OF ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, UTILIZATION
