Exploring survivor perceptions of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Nigeria through the health belief model.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:In Nigeria, hypertensive disorders have become the leading cause of facility-based maternal mortality. Many factors influence pregnant women's health-seeking behaviors and perceptions around the importance of antenatal care. This qualitative study describes the care-seeking pathways of Nigerian women who suffer from pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. It identifies the influences - barriers and enablers - that affect their decision making, and proposes solutions articulated by women themselves to overcome the obstacles they face. Informing this study is the health belief model, a cognitive value-expectancy theory that provides a framework for exploring perceptions and understanding women's narratives around pre-eclampsia and eclampsia-related care seeking. METHODS:This study adopted a

SUBMITTER: Sripad P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6873558 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature