Okafor C B
Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1991 Apr;34(4):331-46. doi: 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90602-2.
A personal in-home interview was conducted in four rural towns in Nigeria. The aims of the interview were to describe the content of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) care in these rural towns and to assess how patterns of prenatal, delivery and postnatal service use are related to a variety of demographic and socioeconomic variables in the population. Findings from data analysis indicate that services available are deficient in terms of the number of centers and content of care. Variables found to be statistically significant (P less than 0.01) for use of services are maternal education, occupation, distance and previous use of a physician. Husband's occupation was significant only for prenatal registration, but not for subsequent use of services. Recommendations include a reorganization of rural MCH services and an introduction of female literacy programs, especially at the rural level.
在尼日利亚的四个乡村城镇进行了一次个人入户访谈。访谈的目的是描述这些乡村城镇中母婴保健（MCH）护理的内容，并评估产前、分娩和产后服务使用模式与人群中各种人口统计学和社会经济变量之间的关系。数据分析结果表明，现有服务在中心数量和护理内容方面存在不足。发现对服务使用具有统计学显著性（P小于0.01）的变量有产妇教育程度、职业、距离和之前是否看过医生。丈夫的职业仅对产前登记有显著影响，对后续服务使用则无显著影响。建议包括重组农村母婴保健服务，并引入女性扫盲计划，尤其是在农村层面。
