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Factors associated with use of maternal healthcare services during the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East Nigeria
Authors: Bola Lukman Solanke
Source: Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Online first; DOI: 10.1080/13623699.2018.1511358
Topic(s): Antenatal care
Health care utilization
Maternal health
Postnatal care
Country: Africa
  Nigeria
Published: AUG 2018
Abstract: Studies have focused on both individual and community factors affecting the use of maternal healthcare services. However, studies in Nigeria have rarely examined whether the influence of individual and community factors in explaining the use of maternal healthcare has changed in the context of the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East Nigeria. This study investigates factors associated with the use of maternal healthcare services during the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East Nigeria. The study analysed data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Results showed that some individual characteristics are no longer associated with the use of maternal healthcare services, compared to community characteristics which are. Humanitarian assistance to the region should take this into account when considering interventions to encourage better uptake of maternal healthcare services. KEYWORDS: Antenatal care attendance; Boko Haram; North-East Nigeria; maternal healthcare services; postnatal check-up