Supply and demand barriers to PHC maternal care services uptake: qualitative and behavioural insights from Gombe State, Nigeria
The SEM model offers a comprehensive framework for understanding the complex, multi-layered factors influencing care-seeking behaviours toward antenatal care and family planning. The findings show that although relational and community-level barriers are prominent barriers to care-seeking, they are all interlinked and are fuelled by a broad scope of institutional-level barriers.
Authors
- Mohammed M. Alhaji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-2917)
- Robert Nyaga
- Jaspreet Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8661-8690)
- Francis Meyo
- Zarah Haruna Shayau
- Yakubu Ozohu-Suleiman
- Laila Umar
- Maryam Abubakar
- Arizechukwu Okafor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5277-8634)
- Zainab Ibrahim Isah
- Aisha Isa Umar
- Maryam Anike Yusuf
Institutions
- Busara Center for Behavioral Economics (US)
- Busara Center for Behavioral Economics (KE)
- National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NG)
- Gombe State University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-08071-4
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00