Determinants of Maternal Health Care Utilization in the Era of Free Maternity Services in Busia County, Kenya

B. Wafula, J. Arudo and M. Kipmerewo
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B. Wafula: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
J. Arudo: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
M. Kipmerewo: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya

European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2020, vol. 2, issue 4

Abstract: Purpose. The main objective was to establish determinants of maternal health care utilization and specifically to assess the trends of maternal health care utilization and determine the predictors of maternal health care service utilization in the era of free maternity policy in Busia County. Methodology. It was a cross-sectional study design. The study was conducted between February and April 2019. The research targeted mothers within childbearing age of 15-49 years and a sample size of 634 mothers was used. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 22.0. Descriptive statistics was used to describe results on socio-demographic characteristics while inferential statistics employed bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions to investigate determinants of maternal health care utilization. Odds ratio was used to test the strength of association, and a p-value of ≤ 0.05 considered as statistically significant. Results. In 2010, FANC increased by 5.6% from 2010 (pre-free maternity period) to 2017 (post-free maternity era). There was also an increase of 2.2% cases of health facility deliveries during pre-free maternity period (2010) and post-free maternity period (2017). Eleven predictors of maternal health care utilization were identified. Among them were respondent being a farmer (OR = 2.6; 95% CI: 1.4-4.8; p = 0.002), the status of the infrastructure of the nearest health facility maternity being good (OR = 3.2; 95% CI: 1.1-9.6; p = 0.03), fare for the public vehicle being USD 0.2 (OR = 3.4; 95% CI: 1.6-7.1; p = 0.001), all maternal health services being available in the nearest health facility (OR = 3.1; 95% CI: 1.8-5.4; p

Keywords: Determinants; maternal health care utilization; free maternity policy; Busia County (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.4.454

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