Utilization of Antenatal Care Services and Its Determinants in Rural Field Practice Area of Jaipur, India
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction: In developing coun-tries like India, maternal mortality is a big concern. Antenatal care is being the effective approach for safe motherhood but these services are deficient in rural area. So the objec-tive of this study is to evaluate utili-zation of antenatal care services in rural field area Naila in Jaipur, Ra-jasthan. Methodology: A community based cross sectional study was conduct-ed among 111 women, who deliv-ered between January 2017 - De-cember 2017 by using a predesigned & pre-tested questionnaire. Statisti-cal analysis: Percentages, Propor-tions and chi-square test. Results: The 97.2% women regis-tered their pregnancy and among them 72.0% were registered during first trimester. 47.7% women had received four or more antenatal vis-its, 98.19% were immunized with adequate dose of tetanus toxoid and 30.6% had consumed 100 or more than 100 IFA tablets. Only 17.1% women had utilized full antenatal care during pregnancy. Factors like educational status, type of family and Socio-economic status had a significant association with full ANC utilization. Conclusion: The lower socioeco-nomic status, lower literacy, Nucle-ar family were related to low utiliza-tion of antenatal services. These findings may be useful for improv-ing the maternal health practices and thus improve the health status of the women.
Authors and Affiliations
Rekha Shekhawat, Nikita Sharma, Amita Kashyap, Vikram Singh Sodha
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