Social Status as Predictor of Pregnant Women Attendance at Antenatal Care

Agonnoudé Togbédji Maurice; Assogba Abdul Koudous; Ahouignan-Hounkponou Fanny; Houéto Sègbégnon David; Sossa Jérôme Charles; Zannou Gbènoukpo Sébastien

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Social Status as Predictor of Pregnant Women Attendance at Antenatal Care

Agonnoudé Togbédji Maurice, Assogba Abdul Koudous, Ahouignan-Hounkponou Fanny, Houéto Sègbégnon David, Sossa Jérôme Charles, Zannou Gbènoukpo Sébastien

Published in Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 7, Issue 1)

Received: 30 December 2020 Accepted: 9 January 2021 Published: 25 January 2021

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Abstract

Objectives: to assess the influence of social status of women on their attendance at antenatal care (ANC) in North Benin context in 2016. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 17^th to December 16^th, 2016 on a sample of 465 women who had delivered in the past few days before the survey. A structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect information concerning their socio-demographic, socio-cultural, individual and community resources, and pregnancy complications. Results: Factors influencing the attendance at ANC in both univariate and multivariate analysis were number of pregnancy, the parity, the existence of a pathological obstetric history, the relationship with the head of household, the decision-making power to attend ANC, profession, income, woman's knowledge of ANC and some organizational factors (appropriateness of appointment days and waiting time). So, controlling for others factors and relative to women with the first pregnancy, women with the fifth pregnancy had 51.572 fold (95%IC=[7.93 – 335.28]) higher odd to be non attendance to antenatal care. Conclusion: Sociocultural, political and institutional factors should be taken into account in order to improve women’s attendance at antenatal care in North Benin.

Published in	Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.cajph.20210701.15
Page(s)	40-46
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Antenatal Care, Attendance, Utilization, Social Status, Parakou, Benin

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Agonnoudé Togbédji Maurice, Assogba Abdul Koudous, Ahouignan-Hounkponou Fanny, Houéto Sègbégnon David, Sossa Jérôme Charles, et al. Social Status as Predictor of Pregnant Women Attendance at Antenatal Care. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2021;7(1):40-46. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20210701.15

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Agonnoudé Togbédji Maurice

National School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin Republic
Assogba Abdul Koudous

National School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin Republic
Ahouignan-Hounkponou Fanny

Faculty of Medecine, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin Republic
Houéto Sègbégnon David

National School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin Republic
Sossa Jérôme Charles
Zannou Gbènoukpo Sébastien

National School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin Republic

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Agonnoudé Togbédji Maurice, Assogba Abdul Koudous, Ahouignan-Hounkponou Fanny, Houéto Sègbégnon David, Sossa Jérôme Charles, et al. Social Status as Predictor of Pregnant Women Attendance at Antenatal Care. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2021;7(1):40-46. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20210701.15

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AU  - Assogba Abdul Koudous
AU  - Ahouignan-Hounkponou Fanny
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