CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 SUMMARY
This chapter presents the summary of the study, conclusion and recommendations based on the
findings.
Chapter one deals with the general introduction, statement of the research problem, research
question, research objectives, significance of the study and operationalization of concepts.
Chapter two deals with a review of the work of authors and scholars on effect of high rate of
fertility on women’s health among the people of Gombe local government Area and theoretical
framework in which functionalist views and Caldwell theory of inter-generational wealth flow
were used to explain the situation under study. Chapter three emphasizes the history of the
research setting and the methodology while chapter four mainly consist of the presentation and
analysis of data collected, the data were presented in tabular forms and percentage and there after
major findings were discussed. Chapter five consists of summary, conclusion and
recommendation.
5.2 CONCLUSION
The importance of healthwomen for women, but for all mankind, cannot be overemphasized. It is
said “health is wealth”. A healthy person is an asset to himself, to his family and to the
community. Health cannot be achieved merely by taking one or two pills everyday or by
observing a few functions. It can be achieved only by understanding what health is, on what it
depends and then applying this knowledge in everyday life. Life is for living. Without health life
is deprived of not only much of its usefulness but also its joys and pleasures.
The health of families and communities are tied to the health of women. The illness or death of a
woman has serious and far reaching consequences for the health of her children, family and
community. A healthy woman is the health of world, embodies the fact that as custodians of
family health, women play a critical role in maintaining the health and well being of their
communities.
Every year, women endure life threatening complications during pregnancy and child birth,
sometimes leading to long term disability. A woman affected by diseases is plunged further into
poverty, losing the ability to provide for herself and her children. Early and unwanted
childbearing, and other sexual transmitted infections and pregnancy related illnesses and deaths
account for a significant proportion of the burden of illness experienced by woman especially in
low income countries such as Nigeria.
Nearly all maternal deaths are preventable through timely prenatal and postnatal care, skilled
birth attendance during delivery and the ability of emergency care to deal with complications.
The health benefits of spacing and limiting births for months and children with family planning
services are well known.
By way of conclusion and reflecting on all that has been gathered in this research effect of high
rate of fertility on women’s health among the people of Gombe local government Area.
From the data collected one should notes that high rate of fertility is the main problems
especially among women to success in achieving good child and maternal health.
Trained health personnel motivation, incentives, re-orientation and strict supervisions is low in
health care services.
The suggestion above will help in a greater extent to the enhancement and help in addressing
high rate of fertility in order to achieve a successful child and maternal health.
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS:
Based on my findings the following recommendations are made:
i. The government should endeavor to provide qualitative health care personnel and
facilities that will improve health of the people. If hospitals have qualitative health care
personnel people will not complain. The utilization of such services will be increased.
ii Government should endeavor to enlighten women on the importance of antenatal care
and encourage women to go for antenatal care before and after delivery. As this research
shows majority of women do not seek health care services regularly.
iii Organizing seminars or work shop that will educate people and letting them knows the
dangers of not utilizing modern contraceptive methods in order to avoid being infected by
diseases due to high conceptions, as most of them are not used to modern contraceptive
method due to lack of education and public awareness.
iv The hospital personnel should try to give quick fast services to the patients, this will
reduce the level of patients long waiting at hospital.
v Finally, training should be provided to the health care workers that will attract patients to
have confidence in utilizing health care facilities communities.
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