Antenatal Care Strengthening in Jimma, Ethiopia: A Mixed-Method Needs Assessment
Table 3
Reported content of care, health staff practices, and ANC surroundings (%) by facility according to 1132 ANC attendants who had given birth within the previous 12 months in the Jimma area1.
Jimma Hospital
Higher 2 HC
Jimma T HC
Serbo HC
Agaro HC
Other
Total
Content of care
Physical examination
Blood pressure
98.0
97.2
97.2
94.6
96.0
92.0
96.6
Weight measurement
98.3
99.3
98.1
94.6
96.0
96.0
97.5
Abdominal examination
95.8
86.3
86.5
96.4
66.8
83.0
85.2
Laboratory tests
HIV test
96.9
95.2
95.8
76.4
92.8
82.0
93.2
Blood analyses2
80.6
69.7
79.3
7.4
41.5
65.7
65.3
Urine analysis
93.6
71.9
81.9
34.6
42.8
69.7
72.2
TT immunization
85.7
95.2
97.2
76.4
95.2
91.0
91.3
Health education topics
Danger signs during pregnancy
44.1
29.9
38.9
18.5
30.8
46.5
37.2
Need for health facility delivery
62.1
65.1
54.0
30.9
38.4
58.0
53.8
HIV and PMTCT
61.1
50.7
54.0
35.3
64.0
51.1
57.2
Nutritional needs during pregnancy
64.1
71.2
59.4
47.3
39.8
66.0
58.1
Breastfeeding
59.6
58.2
58.2
47.3
46.8
59.0
55.7
ANC surroundings
Waiting more than 1 hour preservice
43.9
27.4
16.7
1.8
16.7
11.0
25.5
Poor cleanliness of institute
5.0
0.7
0.0
3.6
13.3
1.0
4.9
Practice of health professionals
Discomfort due to students
36.8
15.2
23.0
25.5
26.0
13.3
26.3
Poor conduct of health professionals
6.7
0.0
3.7
18.2
5.3
4.0
5.3
Nutritional practice of women
Reduced food intake
37.1
30.8
28.5
43.6
44.8
46.9
37.5
Iron supplementation
6.8
5.6
4.2
1.9
0.8
9.1
4.8
Overall
Not satisfied with service
9.9
2.2
6.1
25.9
17.2
6.1
10.3
Numbers do not add up due to missing data, 2Haemoglobin, blood group, and syphilis.
