Table 2 Prenatal care utilization (N = 62)
n (%) | |
|---|---|
Prenatal care provider | |
Public maternity clinic | 50 (81) |
Voluntary clinic for undocumented migrants, Global Clinic (GC) | 2 (3) |
Partly a maternity clinic and GC | 6 (10) |
No prenatal care | 4 (6) |
Prenatal visit before arrival to Finlanda | |
Yes | 10 (19) |
No | 44 (81) |
Reason for ending prenatal care a,b | |
Yes | 21 (35) |
Moved out of Finland | 9 (15) |
Prenatal care continues at a private clinic or in another city | 5 (8) |
Care denied | 3 (5) |
Unknown reason | 4 (7) |
No | 39 (65) |
First prenatal visit a | |
1. trimester | 22 (39) |
2. trimester | 19 (34) |
3. trimester | 15 (27) |
Number of prenatal visits | |
0–3 | 25 (40) |
4–7 | 19 (31) |
8–10 | 12 (19) |
≥ 11 | 6 (10) |
Number of missed prenatal visits a | |
0 | 38 (70) |
1 | 7 (13) |
2 | 5 (9) |
3 | 4 (8) |
Use of interpreter during prenatal visit a | |
Family member | 15 (25) |
Professional interpreter c | 15 (25) |
Both family member and professional interpreter | 8 (13) |
Interpreted not needed | 19 (32) |
Interpreter not used | 3 (5) |