Journal Article

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE SERVICES IN LUCKNOW: A COMMUNITY BASED CROSSECTIONAL STUDY

Srivastava, Mrinal Ranjan

2021

Overview

Worl dover the most important yardstick for the countrys progress and prosperity is the Maternal Mortality Ratio and Infant Mortality Rate. Every year countries make a concreted efforts to better their figures and a most important aspect is the utilization of the maternal and neonatal services. Maternal health services have a very important bearing on the Maternal and Infant mortality rate and the prevailing socio economic and services offered are an important determining influences. Various studies in India have concluded socio-economic factors and service delivery environment as important determinants influencing maternal health services. Use of ANC increases the likelihood of skilled attendance at delivery, which later increases the use of postnatal care. To determine the factors influencing the Antenatal Care services. To assess the antenatal care services and socio-demographic factors affecting ANC services in rural areas of Lucknow. It was a community based Cross sectional study . This study was conducted for a period of 3 months, from July 2014 to September 2014. Sample Size: a total of 100 RDW were included in the study. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 100 RDW .Information was collected on Age, Religion, Caste, Educational status of RDW, Type of Family and Socioeconomic class, ANC registration, Number of ANC visits, Number of TT Injection received, IFA received and consumed, Antenatal check up etc. 56% of RDW, belong to age group 18-25, years.Majority of RDW were Hindu(61%).60% of RDW had Nuclear type of family, most of the RDW (60%) belonged to class IV. Amongst these 48% RDW had three antenatal visits, where as 41 % had more than three antenatal visits.100 % of RDW had government health facility as a place of ANC registration. no statically significant association was observed between the religion of RDW ,and antenatal visits/IFA tablet consumption.(p>.05).Variables such as ,socioeconomic status and educational status of RDW, were not significantly associated with either antenatal visits or IFA tablets,(p>.05) for all. In this study Antenatal care services were received by majority of RDW . The Utilization of ANC services was encouraging in the study area. Counseling on antenatal care is one of the main component of MCH services, but it was found to be lagging with respect to following components of antenatal care like birth preparedness and safe delivery, personal hygiene, rest, nutrition and management of ANC complications.

• Publisher: Era’s Lucknow Medical College & Hospital
• Subject: Age / Families & family life / Health services / Hygiene / Infant mortality / Infants / Maternal & child health / Mothers / Neonates / Newborn babies / Pregnancy / Prenatal care / Primary care / Registration / Religion / Rural areas / Sampling techniques / Sociodemographics / Socioeconomic factors / Statistical sampling / Womens health