Quality of Maternal Health Services in South Sudan. Utilization of Maternal Health Care Enhanced

      Аннотация: Client satisfaction is an important outcome of healthcare services and is regarded as an indicator for quality of care. Not much research has been conducted to investigate satisfaction with maternal health care in Sub-Saharan Africa and especially no or little in South Sudan. This study was carried out to assess quality of maternal health services (MHS) at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan. As a results: Of 207 women, 193 (93.0%) were satisfied with the services. There was statistically significant association of family monthly income with antenatal care and delivery care satisfaction [OR at 95%CI = 8.30 (2.04 – 33.79), p-value = 0.003 and OR at 95%CI = 0.12 (0.03 – 0.56), p-value = 0.007 respectively]. Furthermore, there was a significant association of education attainment with place of delivery [OR at 95%CI = 3.06 (1.40 – 6.71), p-value = 0.005]. Thus, women were satisfied with maternal healthcare services. Level of education and monthly family earnings were associated with maternity care. Hence, there should be emphasis on the education of women and their earnings.

Ключевые слова: quality, Maternal Health Services, South Sudan, Client Satisfaction, Africa, immunization services