COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL CRISES AND COMPLEMENTARY MATERNITY ACCESSIBILITY IN IJEBU DIVISION OF OGUN STATE NIGERIA

This study examined the relationship between maternal crises and the accessibility of complementary maternity services in Ijebu Division, Ogun State, Nigeria. This phenomenological study explored women's experiences during maternal crises, from pregnancy to postpartum. Data were collected from 800 participants through structured and unstructured interviews. The participants were purposively selected. Structured Interview was used to collect data while the data was transcribed and analyzed with frequency, percentage and mean analysis, correlation and ANOVA. Four (4) research questions and four (4) hypotheses were used to guide the study. The results showed relationship between maternal crises (r =.751, p<001), consequences of crises improper management (r=.568, p<001), maternal crises experienced (r=.557, p<001) and complementary maternity service accessed by the participants. The results further showed that maternal crises are not significantly different before, during, and after delivery because the p – values were greater than 0.05 levels of significance; Based on the findings, it was concluded that increase in complementary maternity service accessibility increase the maternal consequence due to improper management of maternal crises in Ijebu division of Ogun State. The recommendations were, government should ensure that the complementary maternity service units employ skilled workers, standard of operation complementing their cultural, religion and traditional patterns of service rendition should be ensured among others.