SOCIO-CULTURAL BELIEFS AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR; A STUDY OF CHILD AND MATERNAL HEALTH IN IJERO-EKITI, EKITI STATE

Abstract

THE OVERALL AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT SURROUNDING THE HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF WOMEN REGARDING CHILD AND MATERNAL HEALTH AND HOW THIS ENHANCES MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN IJERO-EKITI. THIS STUDY WAS NECESSARY DUE TO THE HIGH RATE OF CHILD AND MATERNAL MORTALITY THAT PERVADED THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ESPECIALLY NIGERIA. IT ALSO STUDIED THE CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN IN THE PROCESS OF SEEKING HEALTH AND THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO ADVANCE CHILD AND MATERNAL HEALTH IN IJERO-EKITI