Study to assess the characteristics of PMSMA/ HRP day beneficiaries visiting a Rural Health Centre of Meerut

Dr Antara S; Dr Chhavi Kiran Gupta; Dr Ravi Shastri

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

Study to assess the characteristics of PMSMA/ HRP day beneficiaries visiting a Rural Health Centre of Meerut

Dr Antara S, Dr Chhavi Kiran Gupta, Dr Ravi Shastri

Abstract :

Pregnancies are usually uneventful. In India, many women don�t give importance to early antenatal care leading to undetected high risk pregnancies (HRP). The impact of separate HRP days help antenatal women indentify high risk signs early thereby helping in reducing delays in maternal care. This observational study was conducted to assess various characteristics of beneficiaries visiting rural health centre of Meerut on HRP Days making a sample of 183 antenatal women. It was found that 90.70% of antenatal women attending HRP days were high risk pregnancies. Anemia was most common (81.4%) cause of high risk pregnancy. Number of pregnancies and abortions were significantly associated with marriage age of women. Detecting high risk pregnancies during HRP days is an effective measure. Initiatives like PMSMA can help detect avoidable high risk signs like anemia and can go long way in reducing maternal mortality ratio