IMPACT OF SOCIAL FACTORS ON THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM AMONG NURSING MOTHERS IN ABEOKUTA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OGUN STATE

It has been observed that a lot of nursing mothers self-medicate with Alternative medicines and supplements, most commonly on recommendation by friends and families which increase maternal mortality rate globally as against the Modern Healthcare Delivery System with modern facilities, equipment and qualify personnel which could have prevented and reduces maternal mortality rate in our society. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of Social factors (family background, cultural background and Education) on the use of alternative healthcare delivery systems in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The study adopted a survey research design and proportionate sampling technique to select Five hundred (500) Nursing mothers from the available Eight (8) hospitals/Health centres in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The use of an alternative healthcare delivery system social factor questionnaire yielded (r=8.48). The social factors have a significant impact on the Alternative Healthcare delivery system (F(3, 496,) = 9.356) and accounted for .202 to the variance of the Alternative Healthcare Delivery System and accounted for 0.783 to the variance of Alternative healthcare Delivery System. The results revealed with β=.349 that family background has the highest impact on the use of alternative healthcare delivery system among nursing mothers followed by Education (β=.044) and cultural background (β= -.369) which are all significant (p ˂ 0.05). Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among other things that nursing mothers should constantly be provided with relevant information on advantages and disadvantages related to any of alternative and conventional healthcare delivery systems selected which could provide education on the risks taken irrespective of the determinant factors