Document Type : Original Article

Author

• Maha abdulredha muhsen, Amal jabbar washeh

Abstract

Antenatal care (ANC) is prenatal care that should start as soon as possible after conception and continue throughout the pregnancy. The fundamental goal of ANC is to have a pregnant woman and her unborn child are healthy. This study's objectives are to assess the prevalence the prenatal care service consumption pattern among pregnant women and to identify the variables influencing pregnant women's use of prenatal care services (age, age at marriage, education, occupation, and parity, planning pregnancy, type of family, perceive of quality ANC services by availability of doctors, analysis, treatment, ultrasound, and tetanus toxoid vaccine). The study found ANC utilization use rate (20%) is lower and needs to further improvement. There is a significant relationship between respondents’ education and consumption of ANC services with (p. value <0.05). Significant relationships exist between mothers from autonomous families, the presence of a doctor during ANC visits, availability of ultrasound services, and consumption of ANC services (p. value <0.05).In this study, other factors such as the mode of transportation, availability of analysis services, treatment services, and tetanus vaccine did not significantly impact ANC utilization.

Keywords

• Antenatal care
• pregnant women
• prenatal care
• utilization
• services