Ntoimo, Lorretta Favour C.Okonofua, Friday E.Igboin, BrianEkwo, ChiomaImongan, WilsonYaya, Sanni2021-09-222021-09-222019-08-05http://hdl.handle.net/10625/60638Pregnant women in rural communities in Nigeria often do not use Primary Health Care Centres. Through focus group discussions, the study found four broad categories of reasons underlying non-use: 1) accessibility factors – poor roads and transportation, long distances, and facility not always open; 2) perceptions relating to poor quality of care, inadequate drugs, abusive care by health providers, long wait times, and inappropriate referrals; 3) costs of services, including inability to pay for services even when costs are not excessive; the introduction of informal payments by staff; and 4) partner support (or lack thereof), and misinterpretation of signs of pregnancy complications.application/pdfenPREGNANCYRURAL WOMENRURAL HEALTHHEALTH FACILITIESQUALITY OF CAREOBSTETRICSPRIMARY HEALTH CAREANTENATAL CARENIGERIASOUTH OF SAHARAJournal Article (peer-reviewed)