Use of maternal–child health services and contraception in Guatemala and Panama

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Warren ◽  
Richard S. Monteith ◽  
J. Timothy Johnson ◽  
Roberto Santiso ◽  
Federico Guerra ◽  
...  

SummaryThis paper presents data from two recent maternal–child health (MCH) and family planning surveys in Guatemala and Panama and examines the extent to which the use of contraception is influenced by the use of MCH services as compared with the influence of an increase in parity. The findings suggest that utilization of MCH services and parity independently are associated with a woman's decision to use contraception. The study also found two groups that appear to be particularly in need of both MCH and family planning services: high parity women and Indians. In both Guatemala and Panama, improved health care services for these two groups should be a priority.

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Junaiti Sahar

Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian eksploratif yang bertujuan menguraikan kegiatan yang dilakukan perawat dan mengindentifikasi faktor yang mempengaruhi kegiatan perawatan dalam pelayanan KIA dan KB di Puskesmas dan di masyarakat.Penelitian dilakukan terhadap empat perawat yang masing-masing bekerja di Puskesmas Induk dan Puskesmas Pembantu di Bogor dan Puskesmas Induk dan Puskesmas Pembantu di Depok. Tiap perawat diamati oleh dua orang peneliti selama jam kerja untuk mengetahui jumlah waktu yang digunakan untuk kegiatan KIA dan KB.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa prosentase waktu rata-rata yang digunakan perawat untuk pelayanan KIA dan KB adalah 29,6% dari total waktu pelayanan Puskesmas. Waktu yang lain digunakan oleh perawat untuk melaksanakan kegiatan pemeriksaan, penyuntikan, pengisian kartu pemanggil pasien dan menyiapkan obat. Perawat yang bekerja pada Puskesmas di Bogor menunjukkan bobot kegiatan paling tinggi dalam pelayanan KIA dan KB, sedangkan tiga perawat lainnya, hanya melakukan kegiatan pada Balai Pengobatan, depot obat dan kegiatan non keperawatan lain. Kegiatan perawat tertinggi di Posyandu adalah pemberian imunisasi dan pemantauan pertumbuhan yaitu 89,3% dari kegiatan lain. Puskesmas yang memberikan kewenangan yang lebih besar kepada perawat dan perawat dengan kemampuan lebih untuk melakukan pelayanan KB, ternyata menunjukkan cakupan KB yang cukup tinggi, yaitu 82,4%.Beberapa faktor yang menyebabkan perawat kurang berperan dalam pelayanan KIA dan KB antara lain karena perawat tidak diberikan kewenangan untuk memberikan pelayanan KIA dan KB, serta uraian tugas yang kurang jelas dan tidak sesuai dengan latar belakang pendidikan perawat. This resort utilized exploratif descriptive design with the purpose of describing the nurse’s activities and identification of factor affective nursing activities in maternal child healt care and family planning services in health center and community.For nurses working at twograin health center and to subdistrict health center located in Bogor and Depok were included in this study. Each nurse was observed by two observers throughout the working in hours to collect data on time spent bu nurses for maternal child health care and family planning services.The result of study revealed that the average of presentage time spent by nurses to provide maternal child health care and family planning sevices was 26,6% of total time spent in health center. The rest of time was spent by nurses for non-nursing activities such as examination parenteral medication, filling out frames, calling for patients and preparing the madication. The nurse who worked at health center in Bogor. Showed the most time spent for maternal child health care and family planning services, while another three nurses only worked at medical room, and drug counter and did non-nursing activities. Imunization and mentoring of child growth were reported as the most activities done (89,3%) at integrated health post (Posyandu) compared to another nurses’s activities. The health center with more autonomy giren to the nurses and asses with more competencies to provide family planning services that infact had an high coverage of family planning which was 82,4%.Several factors affecting the low contributing of nurses on mater hal child health care of family planning have been identified in this study were that those nurses were not authorized to offer maternal child health care of family planning, and the unclear job descriptions, as well ad inadequate educational background of nurses.


Author(s):  
Pat U. Okpala ◽  
Chinwendu L. Okoye ◽  
Florence O. Adeyemo ◽  
Peace N. Iheanacho ◽  
Anthonia C. Emesonwu ◽  
...  

Background: Nigeria continues to have one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world at 814 deaths per 100,000 live births despite several efforts. Various factors can influence appropriate utilization of services during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. This study examined the perceived factors that influence the utilization of maternal and child-health services among mothers in Enugu, South-East Nigeria.Methods: A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study population of 323 pregnant women was determined using the Power Analysis formula. The instrument used for data collection was a self-developed questionnaire. Demographic information of the women was also obtained for the study. The analysis was done with the software statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 16.0. Study period was from April 2016 to August 2016.Results: There was high antenatal clinic attendance (93.1%) and utilization of postnatal care services (93.1%). Also, the major factors that influenced the utilization of maternal and child health services were professionally defined needs, accessibility of health care services and economic status.Conclusions: There was high utilization of maternal and child health care services which was influenced by some factors. There is a need for nurses and other health workers to be actively engaged in educating mothers during antenatal visits. Sustainable financial subsidies and community-based initiatives should be developed to encourage early antenatal clinic visits and to provide the necessary information on the importance of facility-based antenatal and postnatal care.


2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Kalyan Sundar Som

Equitable provision of health care services and full coverage of health accessibility are the major challenge for developing countries to achieve the sustainable development goal (SDG 3 and 10). A geographical information system (GIS) is an effective platform for knowing how much area and population are covered by the existing MCH (maternal child health) services network for better health care planning. The aim of this study is to assess the geographical accessibility of MCH services and how they give impact on infant mortality and fertility in Sagar District. To uncover the answer, this study used buffer zone analysis, service area analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The findings highlight lower accessibility has prevailed in the study area in which 41 percent village was underserved by the buffer zone analysis while 62 percent was underserved by the service area analysis out of 2075 village. It is diversified from higher accessibility in north western Khurai plain region to lower in the central upland exclude the Sagar community development Block. We also find that health accessibility can explain 53 percent of the infant mortality of the district and IMR may control 33 percent of the children ever born in the district.The service area and buffer mapped output may have policy implication for the future establishment of the health center and road network. This policy can be helpful for reducing infant mortality and fertility through this they achieved SDG target.


1999 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID R. HOTCHKISS ◽  
ROBERT J. MAGNANI ◽  
JEFFREY J. ROUS ◽  
MUSTAPHA AZELMAT ◽  
THOMAS A. MROZ ◽  
...  

There are a number of reasons for anticipating that contact by women in developing country settings with modern maternal–child health (MCH) services will lead to increased use of family planning services. Indeed, the expectation of such a relationship underlies the integrated service delivery strategy that has been adopted on a more or less global basis. However, the available empirical evidence in support of this proposition is inconclusive. This study re-examines this issue in Morocco. Household survey data and data on the supply environment for health and family planning services gathered in 1992 are analysed in the study. A full-information maximum likelihood estimator is used to control for the possible endogeneity of health care and contraceptive choices. The findings indicate a substantial and apparently causal relationship between the intensity of MCH service use and subsequent contraceptive use. Policy simulations indicate that sizeable increases in contraceptive prevalence might be realized by increasing the coverage and intensity of use of MCH services.


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