PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER

This study explores the determinants influencing the utilization of postpartum family planning (PPFP) among women attending postnatal care at Oluku Primary Health Care Center in Nigeria. The primary aim is to identify the socio-cultural, institutional, and personal factors that affect women’s intentions and actual use of modern contraceptive methods during the postpartum period. Understanding these factors is vital to designing effective interventions that promote reproductive health and reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in the region. The research adopts a descriptive survey design, targeting all women attending the postnatal clinic at Oluku PHC within a specified period. A structured questionnaire serves as the primary instrument for data collection, focusing on demographic variables, awareness, attitudes, and perceptions regarding family planning. Data analysis is carried out using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means, and standard deviations to summarize the responses and interpret the findings. The findings suggest that socio-cultural norms, partner involvement, knowledge of contraceptive methods, and perceived service quality significantly influence post partum family planning utilization. The study concludes that improving education, community engagement, and service quality are essential to increasing contraceptive uptake among postpartum women. Recommendations include implementing targeted awareness campaigns, integrating family planning counseling into routine postnatal services, and fostering male involvement to address cultural barriers and promote positive reproductive health outcomes.

The study was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women towards routine Antenatal care on Egor primary health center, Benin City, Edo State. Three research questions were raised to guide the researcher. Various literatures were reviewed to the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study of the total number of pregnant women registered under Egor primary health center, Benin City, Edo State in 2022 is 104. The sample size for the study is 104. They were selected by simple random sampling technique. The study utilized a validated questionnaire that was designed by the researcher. From the data collected in the study, it was revealed that majority of the respondents agreed that they have high level of knowledge about routine antenatal care services as they firmly agreed that routine antenatal care helps in promoting healthy pregnancy, first antenatal checkup be on the first 3 months, antenatal care helps in pregnancy preparedness, antenatal class is good to prepare pregnant women mentally, antenatal care helps in complications prevention, antenatal care services deals with each woman's specific needs, that high blood pressure affect the foetus growth, pregnant woman need vitamin supplement and iron folic acid tablet during pregnancy.