Utilization of Antenatal Care Services and Influencing Factors among Women of Child Bearing Age in Assosa District, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, West Ethiopia
Background: Every minute, somewhere in the world and most often in a developing country, a woman of reproductive age dies from complications related to pregnancy. The major reason for this huge magnitude of the problem is failure to use antenatal care services in developing countries. Little is known about the utilization and factors influencing the use of Antenatal care services. Objective: To assess utilization of ANC services and influencing factors among women in Assosa District. Methods: A community based cross sectional study design was conducted from May 17 – 31, 2012 on randomly selected samples of 536 women who had at least one delivery in the five years prior to the study. Structured questionnaire, FGD and in-depth interview guide were used to collect data. Data were analysed by using SPSS version 16.0. Binary logistic regression was used to determine the association between dependent and independent variables.
