Browsing by Author "Kolawole, I. O."

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Availability and utilization of skilled attendants for child birth: implications for maternal and human resources development in Nigeria
(Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 2015) Ndikom, C. M.; Oyetunde, M. O; Kolawole, I. O.
Shortage of manpower has been a major concern in health care delivery system. Poor utilization of skilled attendants for childbirth has been linked with high maternal mortality in developing nations. The effect has been quite deleterious and has contributed to the shortfalls in the achievement of set health goals. This shortage heavily influences the effective and efficient delivery of services especially in rural communities in Nigeria. Preventable complications of childbirth have resulted in the death of many women during the process of bringing life. The countries that have identified and addressed the issue of skilled attendance at childbirth have witnessed a tremendous reduction in Maternal Mortality. This paper presents a review of availability and utilization of skilled attendants for child birth: Implications for Maternal Mortality and human resources development in Nigeria. It is aimed at highlighting the need for more attention in improving Human resources for maternal and child health care. Anderson’s model of Health care utilization was used to illustrate Health care utilization. Publications on skilled birth attendants, maternal mortality, human resources for health were also reviewed. This review identified that Nigeria is among the countries with shortage in human resources for health and utilization of skilled attendants was below expectation, with slow decline in maternal mortality. Therefore, there is need for more political will in ensuring that the resources needed to improve health care receive more investment. More effort should be made to improve infrastructures in the rural communities to enhance staff retention and access to care.
Knowledge and Experience of Postnatal Women on Respectful Maternity Care During Childbirth in Selected Health Facilities in Nigeria
(Faculty of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), 2022) Adeyemi, D. T.; Kolawole, I. O.; Ndikom, C. M.
Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) is a lifesaving strategy that encompasses respect for women's basic human rights that includes respect for women's autonomy, dignity, feelings, choices, and preferences. However, the lack of RMC limits maternal health service utilization. It is against this background that this study examines knowledge, experience and satisfaction of women on RMC in selected health facilities in Ibadan. This descriptive cross-sectional study employs a simple random sampling technique to select 151 participants. A self-administered questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square for hypotheses testing at p<0.05. The findings show that respondents' mean age is 28.60 (+5.914) years. Less than half 69 (45.7%) of them have tertiary education and most of the respondents 89 (58.9%) have one or 2 children. A greater proportion of them, 112 (74.2%) have a positive experience of RMC. Majority, 102 (67.5%) of the respondents are highly satisfied with the RMC received. The respondents' experience of care is found to have a strong influence on their subsequent patronage of the health facilities at (2 8.9351, p= 0.011). Their level of knowledge about RMC is not associated with the experiences of the care they received (x2=6.383, p=0.567). Given the above, efforts should be made to improve the provision of Respectful Maternity Care in order to enhance the use of skilled care at childbirth. This will enhance the achievement of safe motherhood thus preventing maternal mortality and morbidity.