Maurice B Silali
Maseno University, Kenya
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nurs Care
Maternal and child health information forms cradle human right, that allow mothers to access quality and reliable health care and hence decreases morbidity and mortality rates, aimed to be achieved in global goals number three and 17 of 2015 by 2030. Globally over 80% of community households have limited access to effective, reliable, efficient and quality maternal and child health information, especially in Sub Saharan Africa ( SSA), and depends solely on health professionals and community health workers (CHWs), as their main sources of health information, with large diversified society of demographic, socio-economic and socio-cultural factors. The aim of this study was to determine factors influencing accessibility of maternal and child health information, specifically to determine how health professionals and community health workers influence accessibility of maternal health information, investigate association that exists between source of maternal and child health information received and health practices and establish how demographic and social cultural factors influence utilization of maternal health and child information among rural women in Kenya, using cross sectional and descriptive design. Cluster sampling design was used to identify study participants, mothers with children aged 0â??11 months. Results showed that, health professionals remain the main source of health information (46.2%) followed by community health workers (32.9%), in Kenya. However, since CHWs are accessible and reliable sources in rural areas, they form most efficient community health linkages with health facilities, so it is important to empower them for sustainable healthcare at community level.
E-mail: gmsilali@yahoo.com
Journal of Nursing & Care received 4230 citations as per Google Scholar report
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