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The impact of strengthened ward development committees on utilisation of reproductive maternal and child health services in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

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ID15360283
AuthorsChijioke Kaduru (0000-0002-6861-9876, Federal Ministry of Health, corresponding author), Ganiyat Eshikhena (0009-0009-7479-0619), Eghe Abe, Nwadiuto Chidinma Ojielo (Federal Ministry of Health), Nwadiuto Ojielo, Neni Aworabhi (Federal University Otuoke), Happiness Masa (Federal University Otuoke), Uche Ibe (Federal Ministry of Health), Timiebiere Sabenus (Federal Ministry of Health), Godwin Anusa Idim (Federal Ministry of Health), Godwin Idim, Geraldine Mbagwu (0000-0001-9799-1143, Federal Ministry of Health), Ojonimi Alfred (Federal Ministry of Health), P O Abiodun (Federal Ministry of Health), Paul Abiodun, Pabara Igwele (Federal Medical Centre), Abisoye Oyeyemi (0000-0001-8455-7591, Federal Ministry of Health)
Year2025
Volume25
Issue1
Pages1984-1984
Publication date2025-05-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-025-23304-z
PMID40442666
OpenAlexW4410871761
LanguageEN
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The WDC strengthening intervention led to significant improvements in maternal health service utilisation, family planning uptake, and postnatal care attendance. Socio-demographic factors such as age and marital status were important determinants of family planning uptake, with older and single women more likely to use these services. However, declines in caregivers' knowledge of child health interventions and the acceptability of key health interventions, particularly vaccines, highlight the need for targeted health education and communication strategies. Getting communities more involved and using effective ways to share health information are recommended to maintain and improve health outcomes in similar settings

Biostatistics · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Population · Pregnancy · Public health · Reproductive health · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Nursing · Epidemiology · Reproductive Medicine

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