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Abstract
Background
This study focuses on enhancing the knowledge of maternal healthcare services among the Hausa community, recognizing the community's unique characteristics that may act as barriers to accessing such services.
Methods
Employing a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test measurements, the study randomly assigned 166 participants into intervention and control groups. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and teaching guides used as intervention tools. Statistical analyses using SPSS version 22 included Independent T tests, and results were presented through frequencies, percentages, and bar charts.
Results
The post-test results in the intervention group demonstrated a significant increase in awareness of maternal healthcare services, with 96.3 % of participants being aware compared to 55.4 % in the pre-test. The mean knowledge score also exhibited improvement, rising from 2.1±2.1 in the pre-test to 5.4±1.6 in the post-test. In the control group, knowledge increased from 57.8 % pre-intervention to 63.0 %, but a significant portion (61.4 %) scored below the 50th percentile, indicating poor knowledge.
Conclusion
The study concludes that health education effectively improved understanding and awareness of maternal healthcare services among participants. These findings underscore the potential of targeted interventions to address knowledge gaps and improve access to maternal healthcare services within the Hausa community.
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International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences (IJANS) is an international scientific journal published by Elsevier. The broad-based journal was founded on two key tenets, i.e. to publish the most exciting research with respect to the subjects of Nursing and Midwifery in Africa, and secondly, to advance the international understanding and development of nursing and midwifery in Africa, both as a profession and as an academic discipline. The fully refereed journal provides a forum for all aspects of nursing and midwifery sciences, especially new trends and advances. The journal call for original research papers, systematic and scholarly review articles, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing as related to nursing and midwifery in Africa, technical reports, and short communications, and which will meet the journal''s high academic and ethical standards. Manuscripts of nursing practice, education, management, and research are encouraged. The journal values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic significance for educators, practitioners, leaders and policy-makers of nursing and midwifery in Africa. The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of nursing, and is also inviting international scholars who are engaged with nursing and midwifery in Africa to contribute to the journal. We will only publish work that demonstrates the use of rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of nursing and midwifery as it relates to the Africa context.
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