Utilization of Antenatal and Maternity Health Care Services among Nursing Mothers Attending Child Welfare Services in Epe Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study is to investigate the utilization of antenatal and maternity healthcare services among nursing mothers attending child welfare services in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses were postulated for this study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Multistage sampling was used to select primary health centre for the study. Simple Random sampling was used to select three primary health centres for the study in Epe Local Government, while the purposive sampling technique was used to select 150 nursing mothers for the study. The findings of the study revealed that there was significant utilization of antenatal care services among nursing mothers attending child welfare services in Epe Local Government Area, Lagos State, there was significant utilization of maternity health care services among nursing mothers attending child welfare services in Epe Local Government Area, Lagos State and significant relationship existed between utilization of antenatal care, maternity health care services, maternal and child health care among nursing mothers attending child welfare services in Epe Local Government Area, Lagos State. The study recommends that Lagos State Government and healthcare providers should work to improve access to antenatal and maternity healthcare services, particularly in rural and disadvantaged areas.