Open AccessFactors affecting the choice of maternal and child health services in a rural area of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Nosa N. A. Al Nahedh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/1995.1.2.261
Subject(s) - health services , maternal health , rural area , socioeconomics , medicine , parity (physics) , health education , environmental health , family income , demography , geography , economic growth , population , nursing , public health , sociology , physics , pathology , particle physics , economics
Thistudy examines factors affecting the choice of maternal and child health services in a rural area in Saudi Arabia. A house-to-house survey of 329 women in Al-Oyaynah village, north-west of Riyadh city, was carried out to determine the maternal factors associated with this choice. The variables examined included age, duration of marriage, education, occupation, income, parity and husband’s education. The analysis showed that distance from the health service, education of the mother and her age were the strongest determinants of the choice of maternal child health service used