Understanding Women's Choices : How Women's Perceptions of Quality of Care Influences Place of Delivery in a Rural Sub-County in Kenya. A Qualitative Study
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BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is still unacceptably high in Kenya. The Kenyan Government introduced a free maternity service to overcome financial barriers to access. This policy led to a substantial increase in women's delivery options. This increase in coverage might have led to a reduction in quality of care. This study explores women's perceptions of quality of delivery services in the context of the free policy and how the perceptions lead to the choice of a place for delivery.
METHODS: Our study site was Naivasha sub-County in Kenya, a rural context, whose geography encompasses pastoralists, rural agrarian, and high population density informal settlements near flower farms. Women from this area are from the lowest wealth quintile in Kenya. We conducted a qualitative study to explore the women's perceptions of quality of care based on their experiences during maternity care. The participants were women of reproductive age (18-49 years) attending antenatal care clinics at six health facilities in the sub-county. Six focus group discussions with 55 respondents were used. For inclusion, the women needed to have delivered a baby within the six months preceding the study. Interviews were recorded with consent, translated and transcribed. The interviews were analyzed using a thematic content approach.
RESULTS: Four broad themes that determined the choice of health facility for delivery were identified: women's perceptions of clinical quality of care; the cost of delivery; distance to the health facility and management of primary health facilities. An unexpected theme was the presence of home deliveries amongst pastoralist women. These findings suggest that in this setting both process and structural dimensions of quality of care and financial and physical accessibility influence women's choices for place of delivery.
CONCLUSION: This study expands our understanding of how women make choices regarding place of delivery. Understanding women's perceptions can provide useful insights to policy makers and facility managers on providing high quality patient centered maternity care necessary to sustain the increased utilization of maternity services at health facilities under the free maternity policy and further reductions in maternal mortality.
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25 |
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Maternal and child health journal - 25(2021), 11 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 1787-1797 |
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Oluoch-Aridi, Jackline [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 15.10.2021 Date Revised 15.10.2021 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is still unacceptably high in Kenya. The Kenyan Government introduced a free maternity service to overcome financial barriers to access. This policy led to a substantial increase in women's delivery options. This increase in coverage might have led to a reduction in quality of care. This study explores women's perceptions of quality of delivery services in the context of the free policy and how the perceptions lead to the choice of a place for delivery | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Our study site was Naivasha sub-County in Kenya, a rural context, whose geography encompasses pastoralists, rural agrarian, and high population density informal settlements near flower farms. Women from this area are from the lowest wealth quintile in Kenya. We conducted a qualitative study to explore the women's perceptions of quality of care based on their experiences during maternity care. The participants were women of reproductive age (18-49 years) attending antenatal care clinics at six health facilities in the sub-county. Six focus group discussions with 55 respondents were used. For inclusion, the women needed to have delivered a baby within the six months preceding the study. Interviews were recorded with consent, translated and transcribed. The interviews were analyzed using a thematic content approach | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: Four broad themes that determined the choice of health facility for delivery were identified: women's perceptions of clinical quality of care; the cost of delivery; distance to the health facility and management of primary health facilities. An unexpected theme was the presence of home deliveries amongst pastoralist women. These findings suggest that in this setting both process and structural dimensions of quality of care and financial and physical accessibility influence women's choices for place of delivery | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: This study expands our understanding of how women make choices regarding place of delivery. Understanding women's perceptions can provide useful insights to policy makers and facility managers on providing high quality patient centered maternity care necessary to sustain the increased utilization of maternity services at health facilities under the free maternity policy and further reductions in maternal mortality | ||
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