The Advantages of Maternal and Child Health Services on the Mother and Children in Berdale MCH Baidoa.

Abstract The researcher intended to collect primary data using questionnaire as a research instrument. Descriptive and cross sectional designs were used. This study targeted a population 100 and selected 80 respondents as sample. The shape of the questionnaire in the demographic section is looked upon in terms of Gender, Age, marital status, and level of education. Analysis of data in this study was done concurrently with data collection. After data collection the questionnaires of respondents were sorted out accordingly; responses were verified, coded, categorized and entered into the computer using statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 software program. The general objective of the study is to determine the advantages of maternal and child health services on the mother and children in Berdale MCH Baidoa Somalia. The study specifically focused on the advantages of MCH family planning services for mother and children, the advantages of MCH antenatal services for mother and children and the advantages of MCH postnatal services for mother and children. The majority of the respondents 36(45.0%) agreed that Family planning provides many benefits to mother, children, father, and the family and enables her to regain her health after delivery, 13(16.3%) strongly agreed it, 12(15.0%) disagreed it, 10(12.5%) strongly disagree it, and 9(11.3%) were neutral. The majority of the respondents 30(37.5%) agreed that Good antenatal care includes regular screening which can detect and prevent early complications such as hypertension and pregnancy diabetes, 18(22.5%) disagreed it, 15(18.8%) strongly disagreed it, 11(13.8%) strongly agreed it, and 6(7.5%) were neutral.