INTERNALLY DISPLACED PREGNANT WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE OF DRUG EFFICACITY ON MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MOBIRDITY REDUCTION IN OKITIPUPA METROPOLIS

Abstract

The internally displaced people are facing with several challenges such as; poor quality of life and living standard psychological problems, maternal mortality and morbidity (MMM) cases, and so on. This study focused on internally displaced pregnant women knowledge of drug on MMM reduction in Okitipupa metropolis. Descriptive survey resign was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised, internally displaced pregnant women. The sample size of this study was One hundred (100) respondents selected , through a simple random sampling technique, using ballot paper. A self-structured research instruments  by the researcher, entitled, Questionnaire on Pregnant Women’s Knowledge of  Drug Efficacity  of  Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Okitipupa Metropolis (QPWKDEMMMROM)’’, fashioned on four like of rating scale ; Strongly Agreed (SA), Agreed (A), and Disagreed (D), and Strongly Disagreed (SD), rated on 4, 3, 2 and 1 points, respectively. The research instruments were validated by two experts in measurement and Evaluation. Its reliability was determined, through test- retest method at two weeks interval. 0.72 coefficient reliability was established. Data generated were analyzed, using descriptive statistics (simple percentages, frequency counts and mean. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were made, that pregnant women were well disposed to drug use during pregnancy, developed positive behaviors and attitudes to drugs and using drugs moderately and appropriately, and so on. Based on the conclusions recommendations were made that governments should intensify efforts to educate internally displaced pregnant women at Health Care Centers and Hospitals on drug use during pregnancy. Besides, Government should establish more Health Care Centres  for pregnant women, and so on.