(PHCII) - MMH/MMS

Introduction
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION RESULTS
Focus group discussion was conducted in eight (8) villages, which were selected for
study. Respondents included village leaders and influential people, women groups and
health workers. These groups were arranged by village executive officers (VEO). Groups
had mixed participants women and male with the exception of women group, which
comprised of women of bearing age. Groups were made of 8 participants.
Themes for FGD:
- Knowledge on antenatal services
- Reasons for not delivering in health units
- Reasons for home deliveries
Respondents from village leaders and influential people
About 5(62.5%) from five villages were found knowledgeable on antenatal services given
to pregnant mothers, while 37.5% had no knowledge on Ante-natal services.
All 8(100%) groups said pregnant women should deliver in health unit.
Reasons given for not delivering in health units are:
- High cost was found to be the prominent cause mentioned by all groups 8
(100%) this involved also traveling costs purchasing delivery equipments and
referral costs.
- Sudden onset of labor was mentioned by 3 (37.5%) as the second cause of
home delivery
- Lack of awareness of women on health unit's delivery was another cause of
low health unit delivery by 3 groups (37.5%) of the respondents
- Poor knowledge of health workers in predicting precisely the date of delivery
and unfavourable languages from health workers was mentioned by 3 (37.5%)
of the respondents.
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