Facilitating and limiting factors of cultural norms influencing use of maternal health services in primary health care facilities in Kogi State, Nigeria; a focused ethnographic research on Igala women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Facilitating factors are potential factors that encourage the uptake of maternal health services, while limiting factors are those potential factors that limit women's access to maternal health services. Though cultural norms or values are significant factors that influence health-seeking behaviour, there is a limited exploration of the facilitating and limiting factors of these cultural norms and values on the use of maternal health services in primary health care facilities.

Aim

To understand the facilitating and limiting factors of cultural values and norms that influence the use of maternal health services in primary healthcare facilities.

Methods

The study was conducted in two primary healthcare facilities (rural and urban) using a focused ethnographic

SUBMITTER: Opara UC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11348738 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature