ABSTRACT

The Researchers primary objective is to determine the compliance of 4Ps and

non-4Ps in relation with the Maternal and Child Health Care Services among selected

barangays in Tanauan, Leyte. The respondents are the mothers of the program

beneficiaries in which the sample size is 150 and 150 for non-4Ps mothers. Frequency

and Percentage was used to determine the demographic profile of the respondents. We

also used Chi-square Test to determine the relationship between compliance (or non-

compliance) with the Maternal and Child Health Care Services and each of the profile

variates.

A researcher-made questionnaire was used in gathering data of the respondents

and their compliance with the variables such as: prenatal, place of delivery, delivery

handled by skilled health professionals, immunization, postnatal, family planning and

nutritional assessment. After gathering and collating the data, the researchers analyzed

the results utilizing Chi-Square Test.

The study reveals that majority of the 4Ps mothers are compliant in terms of

prenatal visits, delivery in health facility, delivery handled by a skilled health

professional, family planning, submitting their child for immunization and nutritional

assessment. However, the data suggested that 4Ps member-respondents were not

compliant on postpartum visits. Most of the respondents from non-4Ps are also

compliant in the same parameters but they differ in terms of family planning. The data

also showed that non-4Ps mothers are not compliant with postpartum visits. The

researchers found out that there is no significant relationship between compliance (or
non-compliance) in maternal and child health care services of 4Ps and non-4Ps in

relation with the prenatal visit, place of delivery, deliveries handled by a skilled health

professional, postnatal visits, family planning and immunization. However, it shows that

there is a significant relationship between the compliance and nutritional assessment as

well as family planning variables. This implies that there is a higher degree of

compliance among 4Ps mothers.