- Author(s): Adelakun, A. A., Rahmat Mope Opobiyi Mohammed, Alakoso, I. M.
- Volume 11, No 1, 2023
The study investigated the level of awareness among pregnant women on preventive measure of maternal mortality in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria. A total of 143 pregnant women were purposively selected as the sample for the study. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. A researcher designed questionnaire titled: “Awareness of preventive strategies of maternal mortality questionnaire” was designed for the study. Demographic information of the sample revealed that more than 65% of the pregnant women registered with government hospitals while the rest registered at private hospitals in the study area. Pie chart two shows that majority of the pregnant women (over 30%) were NCE holders followed by ND and SSCE holders slightly above 20% of the sample respectively. Pie chart three shows that the highest ratio of pregnant women ages fall between 28 to 32 years of age at over 40% while ages 23-27 of the same were over 33% of the sample implying that the sample largely constituted between ages 23 to 32 years at over 73%. The findings revealed that the level of education and poor health information was rated high as factor responsible for increasing rate of maternal mortality. The researcher concluded and made three recommendations that Local, State and Federal government should provide adequate door to door antenatal sensitisation for pregnant women, provide mass literacy programme for women to gain mass literacy on antenatal care in Ilorin South Local Government and Nigeria at large.