Factors Affecting Low Utilisation Of Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission (Pmtct) Services By Pregnant Women In Ishaka – Bushenyi Municipality.

Prevention of the mother to child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (PMTCT) plays a major role in the reduction of both maternal and child mortality rate.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE, To assess the factors affecting low utilization of PMTCT services program by pregnant women in Ishaka Town.

STUDY DESIGN:

Data was collected by Cross- sectional method where by the questionnaires were availed to the respondents to fill. The participants were women between 16 – 49 years of age. The women were all from different background, marital status, religion, level of education but all were residents of Ishaka Town Council. Hundred fifty women were chosen from all women of age between 16 – 49 years. The sample size was calculated by the use of M. fishers formula where the sample size was already calculated basing on the study population as indicated on the table which already exist. Groups of participants were chosen to represent the entire population under study.

Majority of respondents more than 70 percent have knowledge on what is PMTCT and the advantages of PMTCT programs to pregnant mothers.

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KATAMA, D (2021). Factors Affecting Low Utilisation Of Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission (Pmtct) Services By Pregnant Women In Ishaka – Bushenyi Municipality.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-low-utilisation-of-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-pmtct-services-by-pregnant-women-in-ishaka-bushenyi-municipality

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KATAMA, DENNIS "Factors Affecting Low Utilisation Of Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission (Pmtct) Services By Pregnant Women In Ishaka – Bushenyi Municipality." Afribary. Afribary, 10 Jun. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-low-utilisation-of-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-pmtct-services-by-pregnant-women-in-ishaka-bushenyi-municipality. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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KATAMA, DENNIS . "Factors Affecting Low Utilisation Of Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission (Pmtct) Services By Pregnant Women In Ishaka – Bushenyi Municipality.". Afribary, Afribary, 10 Jun. 2021. Web. 18 Dec. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-low-utilisation-of-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-pmtct-services-by-pregnant-women-in-ishaka-bushenyi-municipality >.

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KATAMA, DENNIS . "Factors Affecting Low Utilisation Of Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission (Pmtct) Services By Pregnant Women In Ishaka – Bushenyi Municipality." Afribary (2021). Accessed December 18, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/factors-affecting-low-utilisation-of-prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission-pmtct-services-by-pregnant-women-in-ishaka-bushenyi-municipality

Factors Affecting Low Utilisation Of Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission (Pmtct) Services By Pregnant Women In Ishaka – Bushenyi Municipality.

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