The influence of socio-economic factors on the utilization of maternal health care services: the case of Mpwapwa Town-Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Paul, Edmund | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-28T12:46:15Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-07T15:56:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-28T12:46:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-07T15:56:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class Mark (THS EAF RG940.T34.P34) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Empirical studies of preventive and curative services have often found that the use of maternal health services is related to availability, quality and cost of services as well as social structure, health beliefs and personal characteristics of the users. in this study an attempt is made to examine the factors associated with the use of maternal health care services in Mpwapwa on the basis of data from field survey. a total of 230 women who had delivered five years prior to the study were interviewed. all women interviewed were sampled using multi- stage stratified random sampling. the results on delivery place showed that 53.3% of the women delivered in hospital while 41.7% delivered at home. the results from bivariate analysis show that all the variables considered in the study only parity has a strong influence in the utilization of maternal health care services (p,0.05). The policy implications from this study include skilled attendance at delivery; increased community awareness in terms of community education, mobilization and participation as key to increasing utilization of maternal health care services. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Paul, E (2007) The influence of socio-economic factors on the utilization of maternal health care services: the case of Mpwapwa Town-Tanzania, Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2905 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Dar es Salaam | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maternal health services | en_US |
| dc.subject | Finance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dodoma region | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mpwapwa districts | en_US |
| dc.title | The influence of socio-economic factors on the utilization of maternal health care services: the case of Mpwapwa Town-Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |