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DETERMINANTS OF MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MOBIDITY IN ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE OF NIGERIA
Okpoko P. I.* and James R.
ABSTRACT
Maternal health remains a major focus among Public health practitioners. This research aimed at investigating sociocultural determinants of maternal health in Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State of Nigeria. It was a cross sectional epidemiological study, carried out among 418 female respondents of reproductive age group, which determined the association between maternal educational status, maternal religion, and health care availability/accessibility and the dependent variable (choice of ANC provider which stands as a proxy to maternal health). The modal age group was '51 years and above' (24.4%). The majority of the participants (45.5%) were married. A total number of 130(31.1%) had tertiary education. About 216(51.7%) identified themselves as Christians and 188(45.0%) as Muslims. Traditional faith constituted 14(3.3%). All the variables in this research gave a statistical significant value of p
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