Health information and health-seeking behaviour in Yemen: perspectives of health leaders, midwives and mothers in two rural areas of Yemen

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作者
Hyzam, Dalia [1 ]
Zou, Mingyang [1 ]
Boah, Michael [2 ,3 ]
Saeed, Abeer [4 ]
Li, Chenrui [1 ]
Pan, Shixu [1 ]
Zhai, Jinhe [1 ]
Wu, Li-Jie [1 ]
机构
[1] Harbin Med Univ, Dept Childrens & Adolescent Hlth & Maternal Hlth, Publ Hlth Coll, 157 Baojian Rd, Harbin 150081, Peoples R China
[2] Harbin Med Univ, Ctr Endem Dis Control, Chinese Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China
[3] Ghana Hlth Serv, Bolgatanga, Upper East Regi, Ghana
[4] Univ Aden, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Community Med & Publ Hlth, Aden, Yemen
关键词
Health education; Maternal health; Rural mothers; Qualitative study; Yemen; CARE; SERVICES; PRIVATE; CHILDBIRTH; QUALITY; URBAN;
D O I
10.1186/s12884-020-03101-9
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
BackgroundHumanitarian crises can lead to the rapid change in the health needs of women and newborns, which may give rise to a complex situation that would require various interventions as solutions. This study aimed to examine the health education and promotion patterns, health-seeking behaviour of mothers, and barriers to the use of maternal health services from public health facilities in two rural areas of Yemen.MethodsWe used a qualitative approach. We conducted in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with frontline health professionals and mothers respectively. Nine in-depth interviews were conducted with the health professionals, including 4 health leaders and 5 midwives, and 2 focus group discussions with mothers aged 18-45years in Abyan and Lahj. Thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the data in Atlas.ti (version 8) Software.ResultsOur data showed that health education and promotion activities on maternal health were ad hoc and coverage was poor. Maternal health services were underutilized by women. According to the data from the focus group discussions, the poor quality of services, as indicated by inadequate numbers of female doctors, lack of medical equipment and medicines, and costs of services were barriers to use maternal health services. Moreover, the use of prenatal and postnatal care services was associated with women's' perceived need. However, according to the health professionals, the inadequate human resource, workload, and inadequate funding from government have contributed significantly to the perceived quality of maternal health services provided by public health facilities. Despite the identified barriers, we found that a safe motherhood voucher scheme was instituted in Lahj which facilitated the use of maternal health services by disadvantaged women by removing financial barriers associated with the use of maternal health services.ConclusionThis study identified several obstacles, which worked independently or jointly to minimize the delivery and use of health services by rural women. These included, inadequate funding, inadequate human resources, poor quality of health services, and high cost of services. These barriers need to be addressed to improve the use of reproductive health services in Yemen.
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