Effect of socio-demographic factors on focused antenatal care services utilization among pregnant women at an informal settlement health centre in Nairobi, Kenya

This cross-sectional study assessed how socio-demographic factors influence the use of Focused Antenatal Care (FANC) among 272 expectant women in their third trimester at Lunga Lunga Health Centre in Nairobi. Only 9.9% met the recommended eight visits. Logistic regression showed that women with multiple parities, without spouses, and those identifying as Muslim were significantly less likely to complete the recommended visits. Overall, low FANC utilisation in this informal settlement was strongly linked to marital status, parity, and religion, highlighting the need for targeted sensitisation and further research on additional determinants across more health facilities.

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