Quality of Immediate Postnatal Care and Associated Factors Among Women Delivered in Bale Zone Health Facilities.
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Public Health, Madda walabu University, Robe/Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Popul. Med. 2026;8(Supplement Supplement 1):A1164
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
According to the World Health Organization, immediate post-natal care (IPNC) was a care provided to the mother and baby after delivery of the placenta, within 24 hours, in a health institution. Quality of Immediate Post Natal Care Quality (QIPNC)is one of the neglected services that needs to focus on the quality of service. Providing QIPNC within 24hours can solve maternal child problems, which are among the preventable and curable causes. This study aimed to assess the QIPNC & associated factors among women who delivered in the Bale zone health facility during March-April 2022. Methods and Material: A health institution quantitative cross-sectional study supplemented with a qualitative study was conducted in the Selected Bale zone health institution. The ethical clearance was received from Madda Walabu University. Interviewer-administered questionnaires & an observation checklist was used to collect data on from 404 systematically selected participants, Client record review was reviewed. Heads of Health institutions and heads of the delivery of each institution were selected purposively and interviewed on the QIPNC. Quantitatively collected data were edited, coded, and entered into EPI Data version 3.1, & exported to SPSS version 21.0 for analysis, and, significance of association was declared at P < 0.05 using AOR, with their respective 95% CI considered as fitted variables with factors. Qualitative data were transcribed and analyzed thematically. The finding of the qualitative findings triangulated with the quantitative.
RESULTS:
- overall QIPNC was 114(28.2%). 146(36.2%) respondents received service with poor infrastructure conditions. Factors associated with Practice, AOR 44.08, 95% CI: (17.2 - 12.56), Residency AOR =.325 (.121-.875), and infrastructure AOR 2.7, 95%CI, (1.124-6.48). Conclusion and recommendation: -The QIPNC was poor, and the different variables associated with QIPNC were residency, CRC, Infrastructure, and practice. The government, health workers, and health facilities should exercise their duty accordingly to improve QIPNC
According to the World Health Organization, immediate post-natal care (IPNC) was a care provided to the mother and baby after delivery of the placenta, within 24 hours, in a health institution. Quality of Immediate Post Natal Care Quality (QIPNC)is one of the neglected services that needs to focus on the quality of service. Providing QIPNC within 24hours can solve maternal child problems, which are among the preventable and curable causes. This study aimed to assess the QIPNC & associated factors among women who delivered in the Bale zone health facility during March-April 2022. Methods and Material: A health institution quantitative cross-sectional study supplemented with a qualitative study was conducted in the Selected Bale zone health institution. The ethical clearance was received from Madda Walabu University. Interviewer-administered questionnaires & an observation checklist was used to collect data on from 404 systematically selected participants, Client record review was reviewed. Heads of Health institutions and heads of the delivery of each institution were selected purposively and interviewed on the QIPNC. Quantitatively collected data were edited, coded, and entered into EPI Data version 3.1, & exported to SPSS version 21.0 for analysis, and, significance of association was declared at P < 0.05 using AOR, with their respective 95% CI considered as fitted variables with factors. Qualitative data were transcribed and analyzed thematically. The finding of the qualitative findings triangulated with the quantitative.
RESULTS:
- overall QIPNC was 114(28.2%). 146(36.2%) respondents received service with poor infrastructure conditions. Factors associated with Practice, AOR 44.08, 95% CI: (17.2 - 12.56), Residency AOR =.325 (.121-.875), and infrastructure AOR 2.7, 95%CI, (1.124-6.48). Conclusion and recommendation: -The QIPNC was poor, and the different variables associated with QIPNC were residency, CRC, Infrastructure, and practice. The government, health workers, and health facilities should exercise their duty accordingly to improve QIPNC
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