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Factors<br />
Conclusions and Summary<br />
Findings<br />
Informational • <strong>Newborn</strong>s are not taken to health care providers for regular check up, except for<br />
immunization.<br />
Socio-cultural • Decisions for antenatal and neonatal care seeking are made by husbands, mothers-in-law or in<br />
few places by fathers-in-law.<br />
• Mothers are the ones who initiate the idea that neonate need health care and should be taken<br />
for treatment, however, decision to seek care and from where is taken by father, mothers-in-law<br />
or by fathers-in-law.<br />
• Lack of adequate support from the family hampers ANC seeking.<br />
• Faith healing for evil eye in new born is a general practice.<br />
Economic • Lack of money was mentioned as the main reason for not seeking antenatal care.<br />
• Money is one of the important factor in seeking treatment for neonates, however, people prefer<br />
to go to private doctors as they are not satisfied with government health facilities.<br />
Transport • Distance and non availability of transport negatively affect care seeking for ANC as well for<br />
neonates.<br />
Supply • Lack of access to health facilities, non-availability of adequate health facilities, attitude of staff<br />
and malpractices in government facilities, were reported as reasons for not seeking care from<br />
them.<br />
48 l Formative Research on Neonatal Sepsis, Low Birth Weight AND Birth Asphyxia
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