Adolescent and Adult Mothers’ Healthcare Seeking Practices during Pregnancy and Early Motherhood in Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Nutrition - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: In northern division of Bangladesh, rate of early marriage is higher than the other areas of the country. They get married at their adolescent period, get pregnant and create complications not only to their health but also to the health of their babies. This study is to extract the health seeking behavior as well as IYCF practices of adolescent and adult mothers of the studied area.” Objectives: To observe the maternal healthcare seeking and child caring behavior of the adolescent and adult mothers and to compare the two groups in terms of studied indicators. Method: A descriptive study with an analytical cross-sectional design was conducted among 121 mothers (61 adolescent mothers and 60 adult mothers) in some selected villages of Dinajpur district. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed for data collection. The collected data were entered and analyzed using SPSS 16. Result: Results shows 63.7% women got married between the ages of 12-17 year and 67.9% were pregnant by the age of 19 years. The overall health situation and health seeking behavior of adult mothers is significantly (p<0.05) better than the adolescent mothers of the same area. Conclusion: Proper legislation about adolescent marriage, female education, employment and awareness may be contributory to stop adolescent pregnancy. Proper health service facilities can be helpful for positive deviance of maternal and child caring practices of vulnerable adolescent mothers in the study areas.
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M. A. Rifat
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