ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT MOTHERS TOWARDS BEING ATTENDED BY HEALTH WORKERS DURING DELIVERY IN SEKKA CHEKORSA, ILLUBABOR ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

Abstract

In August 1990, a questionnaire survey was carried out in Sekka Chekorsa Awraja, Illubabor Administrative Region, to investigate the utilization of antenatal and delivery services. One hundred and seventy pregnant women who attended antenatal care (ANC) during the month of August 1990 were interviewed for their opinions on utilization of health attendants. Out of 170 women, 129 (76%) were aware of ANC of whom 109 (84.5%) attended in one or more of previous pregnancies. Only 6 (4.48) out of 137 last deliveries used trained attendants. The most important obstacles for utilization of trained attendants were found to be lack of trained persons in the vicinity and long distance of the available health facilities in the communities. Recommendations are suggested to tackle these problems.