Safe Delivery Service Utilization Five Years Preceding the Survey in Wayu Town, Western Ethiopia

Kababa Temesgen Danusa; Gemechu Kejela Jilo

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Safe Delivery Service Utilization Five Years Preceding the Survey in Wayu Town, Western Ethiopia

Kababa Temesgen Danusa, Gemechu Kejela Jilo

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Received: 5 January 2015 Accepted: 21 January 2015 Published: 30 January 2015

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Background: High maternal mortality rate is one of the major public health concerns in developing countries including Ethiopia. Most of the deaths are caused by factors attributed to pregnancy and childbirth. In Ethiopia only about 10% of women delivered in health facility with wide regional variation. Objective: The main aim of this study was to assess safe delivery service utilization among mothers who gave birth during five years preceding the survey in Wayu town, of western Ethiopia. Methods and Materials: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among women with children less than five years prior to survey conducted from January, 2014 to May, 2014 in Wayu town. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 371 participants. A pre tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Result: A total of 371 women were included into the study. About 107(28.8%) of mothers were in the age range of 20 – 24 years, 342 (92.2%) were married, 237 (63.9%) were educated and 134(36.1%) were unable to read and write. The study indicated that 175 (47.2%) of the mothers delivered in health facilities and 196 (52.8%) mothers gave birth at home. Of mothers who gave birth at home, 52 (14%) deliveries conducted by Traditional birth attendants and 142 (38.3%) without any assistance of skilled personnel while only two deliveries occurs on the way to health facility. The common reasons for home delivery were sudden onset of labor 125 (63.8%), presence of TBAs 30 (14.3%), negative attitude of health workers 2(1%), and others 41 (20.2%) which includes; believe in God, fear of high cost services, lack of skilled personnel, poor services, negligence of women. Conclusion and recommendations: Only 47% institutional delivery service utilization was observed in this study. So, community education about pregnancy, child birth and postpartum and training for all Health Extension Workers are needed. In addition to this, further studies that assess factors associated with institutional delivery both quantitatively and qualitatively are needed.

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DOI	10.11648/j.sjph.20150301.25
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Mothers, Save Delivery, Utilization, Wayu Town

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Kababa Temesgen Danusa

College of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Gemechu Kejela Jilo

College of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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Kababa Temesgen Danusa, Gemechu Kejela Jilo. Safe Delivery Service Utilization Five Years Preceding the Survey in Wayu Town, Western Ethiopia. Sci J Public Health. 2015;3(1):87-92. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20150301.25

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  title = {Safe Delivery Service Utilization Five Years Preceding the Survey in Wayu Town, Western Ethiopia},
  journal = {Science Journal of Public Health},
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  number = {1},
  pages = {87-92},
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  abstract = {Background: High maternal mortality rate is one of the major public health concerns in developing countries including Ethiopia. Most of the deaths are caused by factors attributed to pregnancy and childbirth. In Ethiopia only about 10% of women delivered in health facility with wide regional variation. Objective: The main aim of this study was to assess safe delivery service utilization among mothers who gave birth during five years preceding the survey in Wayu town, of western Ethiopia. Methods and Materials: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among women with children less than five years prior to survey conducted from January, 2014 to May, 2014 in Wayu town. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 371 participants. A pre tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Result: A total of 371 women were included into the study. About 107(28.8%) of mothers were in the age range of 20 – 24 years, 342 (92.2%) were married, 237 (63.9%) were educated and 134(36.1%) were unable to read and write. The study indicated that 175 (47.2%) of the mothers delivered in health facilities and 196 (52.8%) mothers gave birth at home. Of mothers who gave birth at home, 52 (14%) deliveries conducted by Traditional birth attendants and 142 (38.3%) without any assistance of skilled personnel while only two deliveries occurs on the way to health facility. The common reasons for home delivery were sudden onset of labor 125 (63.8%), presence of TBAs 30 (14.3%), negative attitude of health workers 2(1%), and others 41 (20.2%) which includes; believe in God, fear of high cost services, lack of skilled personnel, poor services, negligence of women. Conclusion and recommendations: Only 47% institutional delivery service utilization was observed in this study. So, community education about pregnancy, child birth and postpartum and training for all Health Extension Workers are needed. In addition to this, further studies that assess factors associated with institutional delivery both quantitatively and qualitatively are needed.},
 year = {2015}
}

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