Risk Factor Determinants for Bemonc Services Uptake at Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) Ward Focal HCFS in Kogi State

This descriptive cross-sectional (non-exposure assigning), survey on Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) Quality of Care (QoC) in Kogi State of Nigeria was implemented as evidence base for informed decision making towards action on and leverage for the strengthening of the essential public health functions during a five-month period between April to August, 2024. The epidemiologic applied approach provided the data in a process that identified, characterized and quantified proximate socio-ecological risk factors that are determinants (moderators and mediators) of the uptake of BEmONC services measured by Antenatal care, (ANC), Delivery, Postnatal care (PNC) indicators at n=206 Primary Health Care centres (PHCs) and outcome indicators not mutually exclusive of the optimized Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week (oMNCHW) which was implemented between 29th of July and the 2nd of August, 2024. The datasets were obtained from on-line real-time responses from eligible population on the pre-tested checklist processed through an open data kit applying unique artificial intelligence and geo-location. The research was based on a sample size for the cross-sectional multi-stage sampling survey derived through applying the Cochran method to arrive at the n=206 eligible derived sample size. The eligibility criteria for the ward focal BHCPF PHC was the accreditation from received in 2020 form National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and National Health Insurance Agency (NHIA) Gateways towards supply-side provision of equitable, qualitative and standardized BEmONC services or complementary referral to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC).