[ Utilisation des services de santé prénatale et connaissance des risques liés à la grossesse dans les districts sanitaires de l’ex-province du Katanga en RDC ]
Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2023, Pages 1284–1291
Fortuna Kalam Kamb1, Christophe Kaswala Nyambi2, Jean-Baptiste Kakoma Sakatolo3, and Françoise Malonga Kaj4
1 Institut Supérieur de Statistique de Lubumbashi (ISS, L’SHI), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi (ESP, UNILU), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi (ESP, UNILU), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
4 Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi (ESP, UNILU), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Introduction: our study describes the state of knowledge of the risks associated with pregnancy and analyzes the factors that influence the use of ANC services by women aged 15 to 49 living in the former province of Katanga. Methodology: the study is descriptive and analytical. The data analyzed were collected by the survey conducted in 2014 by the PARSS II / RDC project. We used SPSS.20 software for data processing. Results: 86.8% of women who gave birth in the last 12 months declared having followed ANC. More than 90% of them had consulted nurses or midwives; over 49% believe that consultation costs are either relatively expensive or very expensive. More than 30% of women say they were not educated on danger signs during ANC. Knowledge of the danger of pregnancy; pregnancies too close together and the cost of consultations are significant factors in the decision to use antenatal consultation services. Conclusion: the low proportion of women who know the signs of risk during pregnancy, the low proportion of those who have received information on these signs and the high cost of ANC advocate for the strengthening of health education in rural areas, the training and motivation of health personnel working in rural areas and the assumption by the community of the costs of ANC.
Author Keywords: Prenatal consultation, maternal mortality, risks, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2023, Pages 1284–1291
Fortuna Kalam Kamb1, Christophe Kaswala Nyambi2, Jean-Baptiste Kakoma Sakatolo3, and Françoise Malonga Kaj4
1 Institut Supérieur de Statistique de Lubumbashi (ISS, L’SHI), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi (ESP, UNILU), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi (ESP, UNILU), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
4 Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Lubumbashi (ESP, UNILU), Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Introduction: our study describes the state of knowledge of the risks associated with pregnancy and analyzes the factors that influence the use of ANC services by women aged 15 to 49 living in the former province of Katanga. Methodology: the study is descriptive and analytical. The data analyzed were collected by the survey conducted in 2014 by the PARSS II / RDC project. We used SPSS.20 software for data processing. Results: 86.8% of women who gave birth in the last 12 months declared having followed ANC. More than 90% of them had consulted nurses or midwives; over 49% believe that consultation costs are either relatively expensive or very expensive. More than 30% of women say they were not educated on danger signs during ANC. Knowledge of the danger of pregnancy; pregnancies too close together and the cost of consultations are significant factors in the decision to use antenatal consultation services. Conclusion: the low proportion of women who know the signs of risk during pregnancy, the low proportion of those who have received information on these signs and the high cost of ANC advocate for the strengthening of health education in rural areas, the training and motivation of health personnel working in rural areas and the assumption by the community of the costs of ANC.
Author Keywords: Prenatal consultation, maternal mortality, risks, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Abstract: (french)
Introduction: notre étude décrit l’état de connaissance des risques liés à la grossesse et fait l’analyse des facteurs qui influencent l’utilisation des services de consultation prénatale (CPN) par les femmes de 15 à 49 ans résidant dans l’ex-province du Katanga. Méthodologie: l’étude est descriptive et analytique. Les données analysées ont été collectées par l’enquête menée en 2014 par le projet PARSS II/RDC. Nous avons utilisé le logiciel SPSS.20 pour le traitement des données. Résultats: Les femmes ayant accouché les 12 derniers mois, avant l’enquête (86,8%), déclarent avoir suivi les CPN. Plus de 90% d’entre elles avaient consulté les infirmiers ou accoucheuses; plus de 49% estiment que les coûts de consultations sont soit relativement chers ou très chers. Plus de 30% des femmes déclarent n’avoir pas été renseignées sur les signes de danger lors des CPN. La connaissance du danger que représente une grossesse, les grossesses trop rapprochées et le coût des consultations sont les facteurs significatifs dans la décision d’utilisation des services de consultation prénatale. Conclusion: la faible proportion des femmes qui connaissent les signes de risque pendant la grossesse, la faible proportion de celles ayant reçu des informations sur ces signes et le coût élevé des CPN militent pour le renforcement de l’éducation à la santé dans les milieux ruraux, la formation et la motivation du personnel de santé œuvrant dans les milieux ruraux et la prise en charge par la communauté des coûts de CPN.
Author Keywords: Consultation prénatale, mortalité maternelle, risques, Katanga, République Démocratique du Congo.
How to Cite this Article
Fortuna Kalam Kamb, Christophe Kaswala Nyambi, Jean-Baptiste Kakoma Sakatolo, and Françoise Malonga Kaj, “Use of prenatal health services and knowledge of the risks associated with pregnancy in the health districts of the former Katanga province in the DRC,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 1284–1291, May 2023.
