Factors Affecting Provisions of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Medicine - Gynecology, Andrology, University of Ibadan (Pan African University Life and Earth Science), course: Reproductive Health, language: English, abstract: In the following, factors affecting provisions of Quality Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care services in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, will be assessed.

Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) is a life saving approaches of care for mother and newborn experiencing complications during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period. Like other developing countries, Ethiopia has high maternal and neonatal mortality (353/100,000 live births and 28/1000 live births respectively by 2015) where majority of them are due to lack of timely, effective and accessible EmONC services. Even though Addis Ababa, Harar and Dire Dawa have met the WHO minimum requirements of EmONC service in terms of availability and accessibility unlike other regions, the report shows that the quality of care provided was highly compromised.

A mixed method design (MMD) was employed in purposively selected health facilities in Dire Dawa city to assess factors affecting provisions of Quality Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care. Quantitative study includes self-administered standardized questionnaire and health facility survey checklist, an observational checklist. Information letters, consent forms and questionnaires was handled to potential participants by research assistants.

Data was coded, cleaned and entered using Epi Info 7 (7.0.9.34) and Analyzed using SPSS version 20 for descriptive and inferential statistics. Qualitative study which includes Key Informant In-depth Interviews and FGDs was cleaned, coded and analyzed using thematic analytic approach, and some important findings was reported with the associated quotations from the extracted discussions.