Martey J O, Djan J O, Twum S, Browne E N, Opoku S A
Kumasi Prevention of Maternal Mortality, Team School of Medical Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
West Afr J Med. 1995 Jan-Mar;14(1):24-8.
A study on the utilization of maternal health services in Ejisu district of Ghana was carried out in January and February 1990. 1200 women aged between 15 and 49 were interviewed in 80 communities. The findings of the study indicated that over 50% of respondents married under 20 years, 70% of them attended antenatal clinic at least 4 times in their last pregnancy, over 80% had their last delivery in a health facility and over 80% knew about at least one modern method of family planning. Only 5.5% were currently using a modern family planning method. 90% of them were willing to stay in a maternity waiting home if advised to do so. Most would be prepared to stay for a month or 2. 20% of the respondents knew about local herbal preparations used for first aid in bleeding in pregnancy, although they would seek definitive treatment at a health facility. From the study, some women were not using the services. These would have to be reached through improving the quality of care in health facilities and increasing community awareness on maternal health in order to improve accessibility and utilization further.
1990年1月和2月，在加纳的埃久苏区开展了一项关于孕产妇保健服务利用情况的研究。在80个社区对1200名年龄在15至49岁之间的女性进行了访谈。研究结果表明，超过50%的受访者在20岁之前结婚，其中70%的人在其最后一次怀孕时至少去产前诊所检查了4次，超过80%的人在医疗机构分娩，超过80%的人了解至少一种现代计划生育方法。目前只有5.5%的人在使用现代计划生育方法。如果得到建议，90%的人愿意住在产妇候产之家。大多数人愿意住一两个月。20%的受访者了解用于孕期出血急救的当地草药制剂，不过她们会在医疗机构寻求确定性治疗。从该研究来看，一些女性没有利用这些服务。为了进一步提高可及性和利用率，必须通过改善医疗机构的护理质量以及提高社区对孕产妇健康的认识来让这些女性获得服务。
