Table 4 Postnatal care Services Utilizations in Abuna Gindeberet district, West Shewa Zone, Oromiya Region, Central Ethiopia, March 2013
Variables | Alternatives | Number (n = 703) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Ever heard of postnatal care | 1. Yes | 556 | 79.1 |
2. No | 147 | 20.9 | |
Used PNC in the recent delivery | 1. Yes | 223 | 31.7 |
2. No | 480 | 68.3 | |
Place of PNC used | 1. Health post | 204 | 91.5 |
2. Other health institutions | 13 | 5.9 | |
3. Traditional birth attendant | 6 | 2.6 | |
Visited by health worker immediately after delivery of your recent child | 1. Yes | 212 | 30.2 |
2. No | 491 | 69.8 | |
The health workers visited you during recent delivery | 1. Health extension worker | 167 | 78.6 |
2. Traditional birth attendant | 41 | 19.3 | |
3. Health professionals | 4 | 2.1 | |
Health facilities you visit if any problems after birth | 1. Stay home | 23 | 3.3 |
2. Traditional healers | 78 | 11.1 | |
3. Health post | 300 | 42.7 | |
4. Other health institutions | 235 | 33.4 | |
5. Religious place | 67 | 9.5 |