Factors That Determine Antenatal Care Attendance Among Young Mothers
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FACTORS THAT DETERMINE ANTENATAL CARE ATTENDANCE AMONG YOUNG MOTHERS IN NEBBI GENERAL HOSPITAL BY OTHO DEVIA 16/U/11133/PS 216014107 SUPERVISED BY SERUNJOGI AMBROSE A REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF STATISTICS AND PLANNING IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY AUGUST, 2019 DECLARATION i APPROVAL ii DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my family. May this work be an inspiration to you all. To my parents, brothers and sisters, thank you for standing with me through thick and thin. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank The Almighty God for seeing me through the entire course and more so this research project. Special gratitude goes to my supervisor, Mr. Serunjogi Ambrose for his tireless support in guiding me throughout this exercise. My genuine thanks go to my parents for their support and prayers throughout the entire course. My heartfelt gratitude goes to the management and lecturers of the School of Statistics and Planning for their patience in supporting and guiding me through the course. I also acknowledge the support of my fellow students of bachelor of science in Quantitative Economics of the academic year 2016/17 for the moral support we accorded each other during the course. May the good Lord bless you abundantly! iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................................... i APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................................. ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................. v LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................... ix ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................................. x CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background to the study .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 General Objective............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.4 Specific Objectives .......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Research Hypotheses ....................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Scope of the study ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1.6 Significance of the Study ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.7 Conceptual Framework .................................................................................................................................... 6 1.8 Definition of Key Terms .................................................................................................................................. 7 v CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................................... 8 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Antenatal Care in Uganda ................................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Theories Pertaining utilization of antenatal care services ............................................................................. 9 2.2.1 Motivation–Ease as a Middle-Range Theory ........................................................................................... 9 2.2.2 Exemplars Theory .................................................................................................................................... 10 2.3 Factors associated with Utilization of Antenatal Care Services ................................................................. 11 2.4 Antenatal care and health facility delivery ................................................................................................... 13 2.5 Knowledge Gap .............................................................................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................... 15 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Research Design .............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.3 Study Population ............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.4 Sample size determination and selection ....................................................................................................... 16 3.5 Data Source...................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.6 Data Collection Methods ............................................................................................................................... 16 3.7 Data analysis techniques ................................................................................................................................. 16 CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................................... 18 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS ........................................................................................ 18 4.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 vi 4.2.1 Type of place of residence....................................................................................................................... 19 4.2.2 Mother Education level .......................................................................................................................... 19 4.2.4 Decision about attendances .................................................................................................................... 19 4.2.5 Occupation of the young mothers in the reproductive age ................................................................... 20 4.3 Continuous factors of young mothers attending Nebbi hospital .................................................................. 21 4.4 Association of mother’s education with antenatal attendance .................................................................... 21 4.5 Factors Determining Antenatal Attendance in Nebbi Hospital ................................................................... 23 4.6 Discussion of findings ................................................................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................................ 27 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................ 27 5.2 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................................... 27 5.3 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................... 28 5.4 Areas for future research ............................................................................................................................... 28 REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................................