Exploring the perception of and attitude towards preconception care service provision and utilisation in a South Western Nigerian community – a qualitative study

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dc.article.start-page5230en_ZA
dc.citation.doidoi.org/10.11564/35-1-1529en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOjifinni, Oludoyinmola O.
dc.contributor.authorMunyewende, Pascalia O.
dc.contributor.authorIbisomi, Latifat
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-20T11:14:51Z
dc.date.available2021-04-20T11:14:51Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatistics
dc.descriptionThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBackground: Hospital-based, quantitative studies in Nigeria show low levels of knowledge and use of preconception care (PCC) services. This study explored the perception of and attitude towards PCC in a southwestern Nigerian community qualitatively. Data Source and Methods: Focus group discussions (FGDs) were held with 57 purposively selected adult women and men and key informant interviews (KIIs) with one female and one male community leader in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria in 2018. The FGDs and KIIs held within the community were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. Results: Participants placed PCC in the context of marriage, describing its importance for addressing effects of adverse exposures on pregnancy and ensuring positive pregnancy outcomes. Conclusion: Barriers to PCC uptake mentioned included lack of awareness and prohibitive service costs. Expressing their willingness to use and promote PCC use, they stated the need to ensure PCC uptake through improved awareness at the community level.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianLTM2021en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.funderWits Open Access Publishing Funden_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOjifinni, Oludoyinmola O., Munyewende, Pascalia O. and Ibisomi, Latifat . Exploring the perception of and attitude towards preconception care service provision and utilisation in a South Western Nigerian community – a qualitative study. African Population Studies / Etude de la Population Africaine, 2021;35(1). DOI: doi.org/10.11564/35-1-1529en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherdoi.org/10.11564/35-1-1529
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/30910
dc.journal.issueNo. 1en_ZA
dc.journal.linkhttps://aps.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1529en_ZA
dc.journal.titleAfrican Population Studies / Etude de la Population Africaineen_ZA
dc.journal.volumeVol. 35en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSchool of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africaen_ZA
dc.schoolSchool of Public Healthen_ZA
dc.subjectPreconception care servicesen_ZA
dc.subjectcommunity attitudes to preconception careen_ZA
dc.subjectcontext of preconception careen_ZA
dc.subjectbarriers to preconception careen_ZA
dc.titleExploring the perception of and attitude towards preconception care service provision and utilisation in a South Western Nigerian community – a qualitative studyen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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