Adequacy of Integrated Maternal Newborn and Child Health (IMNCH) Programme in Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

Integrated maternal, newborn and child health (IMNCH) programme is an approach to improve the health of mothers, newborn and children. The purpose of this study was to determine the adequacy of Integrated Maternal Newborn and Child Health Programme in Enugu State. To achieve this purpose, three specific objectives with corresponding research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive cross sectional survey research design. The population for the study was 2,410 health providers from which a sample of 522 was drawn. The instrument used for data collection was a structured Integrated Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Questionnaire (IMNCHQ). Frequencies and percentages were used to answer the research questions while Chi-square statistics was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that human resources (45.2%) and material (40.8%) for IMNCH programme were inadequate while financial (72.2%) resources for IMNCH programme were adequate. Also, adequacy of human resources and material resources for IMNCH programme differed according to private and public health facilities. Based on the findings the researchers recommended that the Government should improve the quantity and quality of resources by recruiting high skilled health staff and providing essential drugs and consumables for delivery.