Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES IN RURAL AREA OF DISTRICT GHAZIABAD

Vimal Arya, Kumar Gunjan

Abstract :

 Introduction– Maternal and Reproductive Health Services in health systems constitutes a large range of curative and preventive health services. This study was done to visualize the utilization of maternal health services.

 

Material and Methods– It was a community based cross sectional study conducted for a period of 1 year. Multistage sampling was used and the sample size was found to be 433 females. A semi–structured questionnaire was used to collect the relevant data. Analysis in form of proportion was done using SPSS software.

 

Results– Maximum number of mothers (45.96%) were in the age group of 20–24 years. (76.01%) received 3 or, more times ANC, (17.05%) received 2 times ANC. 100%) mothers registered under ANC were received TT injection. Among which (97%) mothers received booster dose of TT injection, (68.21%) received 2 doses and (3.76%) received only one dose of TT.

 

Conclusion– The literacy of women is the key to improve antenatal care of pregnant women hence efforts should be made to have information, education end communication activities (IEC) targeted to educate the mothers.

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Vimal Arya, Kumar Gunjan, UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES IN RURAL AREA OF DISTRICT GHAZIABAD, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2017

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