TITLE:
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Classes at Primary Health Center in Ibadan, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Margaret Akinwaare, Abimbola Oluwatosin
KEYWORDS:
Birth Preparedness, Complication Readiness, Skilled Birth Attendance, Pregnancy, Childbirth
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.9 No.10,
October
17,
2019
ABSTRACT: Maternal
mortality has been reported to be a challenge globally, with the highest
maternal mortality in Africa. However, the first target for the third
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is to reduce the global maternal mortality
ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. To achieve this goal,
pregnant women’s knowledge of birth preparedness and complication readiness
(BPCR) is a key. Therefore, this study
set out to assess knowledge of birth preparedness and complication readiness
among pregnant women attending antenatal
classes. This pilot study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional study
design using quantitative approach. Structured questionnaire was used to generate
data from 46 respondents after obtaining ethical approval for the study. All
data collected were adequate for data analysis. The mean age is 27.71 years with
a standard deviation of 5.85, the average booking
time was 4.69 months. Among the respondents who had given birth before, the
average number of children was two children (1.8571). After categorizing the
knowledge scores, 52.2%
of the women have good knowledge of obstetric danger signs, 20 (43.5%) of the
women have poor knowledge of BPCR and 32 (69.6%) of the respondents have good
knowledge of skilled birth attendants. In conclusion, there is a need to formulate policies and strategies that will help to improve pregnant women’s knowledge of BPCR if the first target of the third SDG will be
achieved.