ASSESSMENT OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION IN WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL GURAGE ZONE, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA 2014

Abstract

Background: term health service referees wide array of service that affect health (physical ,mental, and social).so Maternal and Child Health service is service provided to women of reproductive age and children. Usually provide in health service center, but can be given in other institutions (school, religious place..). As revealed by maternal and child mortality and morbidity indicators the quality of maternal and child health service is still low. Ensuring quality of maternal and child health service significantly reduce 3.2 million stillborn babies, more than 4 million neonatal deaths, and more than half a million maternal deaths that occur globally per year .Objective: To assess maternal and child health service provision in wolkite university Specialized Hospital Methodology: A descriptive cross-section study design was conducted on wolkite universitySpecialized Hospital from July 2013 to November 2014 EC. Stratified random sampling was employed for this study. Data collected by interviewer administered questioner was coded,entered analyzed by SPSS20.Result: among 100 respondents of sick child questioner respondents 46% were told the diagnosis of illness the child has and 54.8% of lactating respondents were advised on their breast feeding habit. Among 100 respondents of ANC questioners 98%ofresponents have urine analysis, 44% of respondents have stool examination.51% of contraceptive users were advised to use condom,Discussion and conclusions: most of respondents of family planning service are informed about possible side effect and helped by provider to make decision on their method of choice, so there is good counseling but, promoting use of long acting family planning is low. 40 % of ANC mother were neither advised to change their feeding habit nor to use ITN. So health promotion and prevention measure are poor at ANC level.Budget: The total budget expended for the study is 920 birr