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Natukunda B, Musoke D, Kiconco A, Mugambe S, Atuhairwe C, Taremwa IM, Nanyingi M. Maternal health-seeking behaviour of peri-urban women living with disability in Busiro South Health sub District, Wakiso district, Uganda: a community-based study. Afr Health Sci 2022; 22:396-407. [PMID: 37092094 PMCID: PMC10117492 DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v22i4.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Aim: We examined the maternal healthcare-seeking behaviour of peri-urban women with disabilities in Busiro South Health Sub District, Wakiso district, Uganda.
Methods: This community-based cross-sectional study. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires and focus group discussions. Chi-square was used to test for differences, and logistic regression to determine factors associated with maternal health-seeking behaviour at a 5% level of significance. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data.
Results: A total of 182 women with disabilities were enrolled. Overall, 150 (82.3%) of the disabled women had attended ANC and 147 (80.8%) had delivered their babies at a health facility. The participants' mean age was 31.9±7.8years (range: 17-49 years). ANC attendance among disabled women was influenced by maternal age 18-30 years (p = 0.010), number of times a disabled woman was pregnant (p = 0.003), parity (p = 0.018), a normal delivery (p = 0.048), receiving financial support from friends of partners (p < 0.001), distance of less than 5KM to the health facility (p = 0.024), friendliness of the health care providers (p=0.030) and availability of health providers (p < 0.001).
Conclusion: There is an urgent need for a multi-sectoral approach to better healthcare-seeking behaviour.
Keywords: Peri-urban; maternal health-seeking behaviour; disabled women; Uganda.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bonny Natukunda
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda
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- Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda
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- Institute of Public Health and Management, Clarke International University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Clarke International University, Kampala, Uganda
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda
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Ngoma AM, Mutombo PB, Ikeda K, Nollet KE, Natukunda B, Ohto H. A systematic review of red blood cell alloimmunization in pregnant women in Africa: time to do better. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/voxs.12270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- A. M. Ngoma
- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health; McGill University; Montreal Quebec Canada
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- School of Public Health; University of Kinshasa; Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Department of Blood Transfusion and Transplantation Immunology; Fukushima Medical University; Fukushima Japan
- Department of Cardiology and Hematology; Fukushima Medical University; Fukushima Japan
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- Department of Blood Transfusion and Transplantation Immunology; Fukushima Medical University; Fukushima Japan
- Radiation Medical Science Center; Fukushima Medical University; Fukushima Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine; Faculty of Medicine; Mbarara University of Science and Technology; Mbarara Uganda
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- Department of Blood Transfusion and Transplantation Immunology; Fukushima Medical University; Fukushima Japan
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Natukunda B, Schonewille H, Smit Sibinga CT. Assessment of the clinical transfusion practice at a regional referral hospital in Uganda. Transfus Med 2010; 20:134-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.00992.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Natukunda B, Schonewille H, van de Watering L, Brand A. Prevalence and specificities of red blood cell alloantibodies in transfused Ugandans with different diseases. Vox Sang 2010; 98:167-71. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01241.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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