Individual and ecological analyses of antenatal care: Prospects for delivery assistance and use of modern family planning in Nigeria

K K Salami, O B Yusuf, J O Akinyemi, I O Morhason-Bello, R O Eyelade, T Ilori, A A Aderinto, K Alarape, A Alada, A S Jegede, O Fawole, I Kana, O Solanke, J Suleiman, D Okara, A Adebiyi, A M Abdullahi, O O Ejiade, I F Adewole

Abstract

Despite the availability of healthcare centres for the provision of antenatal care (ANC) services in Nigeria, the services are still underutilized by pregnant women. ANC services not only reduce maternal mortality and birth defects, but also have a strong link to many causes of maternal deaths. This study explored the individual and ecological relationships between antenatal care, skilled birth assistance during delivery, and family planning use across states in Nigeria. This study was a secondary analysis of data from the 2018 National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHS) carried out among 24,985 women aged 15-49 years in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Nigeria. Analysis was carried out at the level of individual women and at the ecological level. Only 68.3% visited a health professional (doctors, nurses, midwives, community health extension workers, and community health officers) for ANC in the most recent pregnancy before the survey. At delivery, 44.9% were assisted by delivery attendants with about half (50.1%) assisted by non-professional (traditional birth attendants, relatives and friends) during delivery. There was a significant variation in use of modern family planning (FP) across types of ANC provider. There was a strong positive correlation between ANC utilisation and skilled birth attendance (SBA) (r=0.706, p<0.001), and between SBA and FP (r=0.730, p<0.001). These results have implications for the design of appropriate interventions for strengthening the role of healthcare providers to enhance ANC patronage, utilization of safe delivery services and sustained use of reproductive health services.

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