Table 2 Factors influencing focused ANC utilization for mothers attending hospitals in western Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia, 2017
Variables (N = 420) | Responses | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Proximity of health institutions | < 15 min | 60 | 14.3 |
15–30 min | 181 | 43.1 | |
30–60 min | 98 | 23.3 | |
> 60 min | 81 | 19.3 | |
Sources of ANC information | Health institutions | 75 | 17.9 |
Radio\TV | 32 | 7.6 | |
TBA | 5 | 1.2 | |
Health extension workers | 230 | 54.8 | |
Friends and relatives | 72 | 17.1 | |
Don’t remember | 6 | 1.4 | |
Approaches of the health care providers | Good | 309 | 73.6 |
Medium | 96 | 22.9 | |
Not good | 15 | 3.6 | |
Language barrier | Yes | 61 | 14.5 |
No | 359 | 85.5 | |
Cultural acceptance | Yes | 363 | 86.4 |
No | 57 | 13.6 | |
Religious acceptance of the services rendered | Yes | 375 | 89.3 |
No | 45 | 10.7 | |
Husband’s acceptance of the services rendered | Yes | 387 | 92.1 |
No | 33 | 7.9 | |
Mothers involvement in ANC related decision making | Fully | 190 | 45.2 |
Partially | 189 | 45.0 | |
Not involved at all | 41 | 9.8 | |
Mothers waiting time in health institution | 10–30 min | 181 | 43.1 |
30–60 min | 177 | 42.1 | |
> 60 min | 62 | 14.8 | |
Awareness of mothers reasons of ANC check up | Maternal health | 14 | 3.3 |
Child health | 11 | 2.6 | |
Both | 378 | 90.0 | |
Do not know | 17 | 4.0 |