ATTITUDE TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE OF CESAREAN DELIVERYAMONG MOTHERSATTENDINGANTENATAL CARE AT PRIMARY CARE HEALTH CENTERS IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,ANAMBRASTATE.

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the acceptance of cesarean section among mothers attending antenatal care at primary health care centers in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. Two specific objectives were formulated with two corresponding research questions and one null-hypothesis was postulated to guide the study. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The sample for the study was three hundred and twenty six (326) mothers. A two-sectioned researcher designed questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by five experts from the department of Health and Physical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Means was used to answer the research questions while ANOVA was used in testing the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The results of the study showed that the overall attitude of mothers towards accepting cesarean section was negative. Parity had no significant influence at .05 level of significance on attitude of mothers towards accepting cesarean section. Following from the findings, recommendations were made among which is that health planners need to recognize that the objectives of safe motherhood initiative to reduce maternal mortality cannot be realized if the mothers are ignorant of cesarean section as a life saving procedure.