| dc.description.abstract | Healthcare services are very crucial during the prenatal period. Antenatal clinic plays a critical
role in reducing maternal and child mortality during and after pregnancy. This usually happen
by; identifying, monitoring and management of high-risk pregnancies, management of
complication during pregnancy, monitoring of fetal wellbeing, immunization among other
measures. This study aims at finding out the factors leading to low attendance of antenatal
clinic at Kimilili subcounty hospital including the sociodemographic factors, socio-cultural
factors and the health-related factors. The study will include 154 pregnant women enrolled at
Kimilili subcounty hospital antenatal clinic selected using the simple random sampling method
and questionnaires will be administered to all study participants. Data collected was analyzed
using the statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 29.0, data summarized into
measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode) and inferential statistics will be drawn
and results presented in frequency tables, pie charts and graphs. Conclusion and
recommendations would be given | en_US |
