Pregnant
women encounter many pregnancies related medical complications after a rise in maternal
and neonatal morbidities and mortalities particularly under-resourced the health-oriented
behaviour of pregnant women is worrisome. This study aimed at assessing the health-seeking
behaviour of pregnant women in the Old Tafo municipality of Ghana so that
measures would be taken to address the challenges to pregnant women health-seeking
in the municipality. This quantitative study used a descriptive cross-sectional
design to recruit 340 pregnant women using a simple random sampling technique. A well-validated structured questionnaire was
used to collect data one on one with respondents. Data collected were entered
and managed by excel and exported to SPSS version 26). Descriptive statistics, the associate using
Chi-Square Test, and logistic regression were conducted at a 95% level of
confidence and an alpha value less than 0.05, an association between the
dependent and independent was deemed statistically significant. It was found that
7.3% of pregnant women demonstrated poor health-seeking behaviour. Contributing
factors such as age (25-30) years, non-formal, basic, and secondary education
of pregnant women predict seeking behaviour . A woman’s husband’s influence on
health decisions and level of education influenced their poor behaviour. Obstetric
factors such as the first trimester of pregnancy and history of one or two abortions
also predicted the health-seeking behaviour of pregnant women. The over waiting
time of pregnant women at a facility in addition to co-payment for services
also predicted health-seeking behaviour. In conclusion, a significant
proportion of pregnant women in the municipality had poor health seeking.
Implementation and intensification of education on behaviour change programs to
healthcare authorities in the municipality to pregnant women would help improve
their poor health-seeking behaviour. Again, considering an alternative option
for co-payment of services and reducing client waiting time would also motivate
pregnant women develop positive attitudes towards their health-seeking.