Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access

Abstract

Reasons for late antenatal care booking in Mizan-Aman, Town Southwest Ethiopia, 2021: a qualitative study method

Gelila Gashawbeza Battu*, Roza Teshome Kassa, Haweni Adugna Negeri, Leul Deribe kitawu, Kassahun Demelash Alemu, Bamlak Gashawbeza Batu and Kibrework Bezabih Bantero

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the reasons for late ANC booking from different perspectives in Mizan-Aman Town, South West Ethiopia.

Method: An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study was used. A total of 20 participants, including 11 late-booked expectant women and 9 healthcare professionals, were selected through the use of purposeful sampling. To gather the data, we used key informant interviews and in-depth interviews. Data analysis was conducted concurrently with data collection. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data, and QDA miner lite was used to do this.

Results: According to the interviews, late ANC bookings were caused by various reason personal, service, and organizational factors. The following were the themes discovered for late ANC bookings: pregnant women, socio-economic factors, socio-cultural belief-related factors, pregnant women, related factors, and health care facility-related factors. Conclusion: This qualitative study's findings showed that lack of awareness of the importance of ANC and the appropriate time for ANC; healthcare provider recommendation; pregnancy unawareness; busyness; unfriendly healthcare provider; fear of the COVID-19 pandemic; and card room issues .

Published Date: 2022-12-16; Received Date: 2022-11-23