(PHCII) - MMH/MMS
(PHCII) - MMH/MMS
(PHCII) - MMH/MMS
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People will only perform a given behaviour if they see that it will provide some benefits.<br />
In this case pregnant women will be willing to have their confinement in hospital if they<br />
are given an effective health education and understand that delivery in health units<br />
prevents many unnecessary complications. The aim of the health education programme is<br />
to ensure that women and their families are well informed and influenced to take<br />
measures that can prevent maternal complications occurring during pregnancy and<br />
delivery by conducting their deliveries in health units. Maternal complications during<br />
delivery are preventable and not only God’s wish, as many may believe.<br />
HAM – Facilitating/inhibiting factors.<br />
Once a decision is made, facilitating factors environmental circumstances, knowledge<br />
and skills enable the individual to undertake the health action. These are psychosocial and<br />
environmental circumstances which inhibit or facilitate decision-making (Hubley, 1993).<br />
The HAM argues that the facilitating factors should be made available to enable those<br />
who have already formed a decision to practice the health action. In this case the<br />
availability of skilled staff and presence of reproductive health service should be made<br />
accessible to mothers.<br />
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