Maternal health care services utilization in tea gardens of Darjeeling, India

Bhattacherjee, Sharmistha; Datta, Saikat; Saha, Jyoti Bikash; Chakraborty, Meenakshi

doi:10.4103/2278-960x.118645

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“…[16] Other studies also reported similar finding with level of awareness, education of mother and PNC utilization. [17,[23][24][25] So, the education of mother is a positive factor for utilisation of postnatal care in our study, which is similar to study conducted in different parts of India, Nepal and Nigeria. In our study literacy of husbands was significantly related with utilization of PNC services.…”

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“…[16] Bhattacherjee S. et al, in Darjeeling district, reported that the rates of utilization of postnatal care was 72.6%. [17] Singh Abhishek et al, in study of Socio-Economic Inequalities in the Use of Postnatal Care in India, reported that 44% of the mothers received any PNC check-up within 48 hours of giving birth, 45% of the new-borns were checked within 24 hours and around 62% of the babies did, however, eventually receive two or more check-ups within the first 10 days after birth. [18] World Health Organisation has reported that, the first 24 to 48 hours are the most critical time for postpartum woman.…”

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Utilization of post natal care in tribal area of Madhya Pradesh, India: A community based cross-sectional study

Sharma¹,

Thakur²,

Kasar³

et al. 2014

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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Background: Postnatal period is a vulnerable time, because most maternal and new born deaths occur during this period, especially immediately after childbirth. Postnatal care in the first hours and days after childbirth could prevent the great majority of these deaths. Aims & Objectives: Present study was conducted with the objective to assess the utilization of post natal care and associated factors in tribal area of Madhya Pradesh. Materials and Methods: A community based cross-sectional study carried in tribal area of Madhya Pradesh. A total of 210 mothers who delivered in last one year were selected for study by "30 cluster sampling method" in Nainpur block of Mandla district. Results: Among 210 mothers, 82.4% were 15-24 years of age and 71.9% of mother received post natal checkup within 10 days of delivery. Regarding number of post-natal checkup , 36.6% of mothers received one postnatal checkup , 18.5% two, 14.7% three and only 1.9% received four post natal checkup. The education/occupation of mothers, cast, education of husband, place of delivery, person conducting delivery and level of knowledge of mother about need of postnatal checkup were significantly associated (P<0.001) with utilization of post natal checkup. Conclusion: The present study revealed that role of education, especially of female education in tribal area, is important contributing factor associated with utilization of postnatal care. Female education is related with enhancing the economic status of mothers, female empowerment, awareness of mother, and independent decisions making capacity in them.

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Utilization of post natal care in tribal area of Madhya Pradesh, India: A community based cross-sectional study

Sharma¹,

Thakur²,

Kasar³

et al. 2014

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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“…23 Other studies also reported similar finding with level of education of mother and PNC utilization. [24][25][26][27] So, the education of mother is a positive factor for utilization of postnatal care in our study, which is similar to study conducted in different parts of India, Nepal and Nigeria. Utilization of antenatal and delivery care services has positive impact on the use of PNC which is similar to different studies.…”

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confidence: 79%

An assessment of utilization of postnatal care services in urban area Jabalpur district

Pandey

Meshram

Sharma

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Postnatal period is a vulnerable time, because most maternal and new born deaths occur during this period, especially immediately after childbirth. Postnatal care in the first hours and days after childbirth could prevent the great majority of these deaths. The objective of study was to assess the utilization of post-natal care and associated factors for low utilization in urban area of Jabalpur district.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was carried 360 mothers who delivered in last one year in urban area of Jabalpur district. Sampling method was multistage sampling method. A total 36 wards with 10 mothers from each ward was selected. The questionnaire included information related to mode of delivery, post-natal checkups and visits of health care providers.Results: Among 360 mothers, 93.9% mothers received first postnatal check-up within 24 hrs. 1.11% of mothers between 2-3 days and 1.67% of mothers received first postnatal check-up between 4-7 days while 3.33% of mothers didn’t receive any postnatal check-up. Regarding number of post-natal visits, 58.33% mothers received 3 or more postnatal visits, 35% of mother received 2 PNC visits, while 3.3% did not receive a single postnatal visit. The education of mothers, joint type of family, high socioeconomic status, early registration of pregnancy, minimum 4 ANC visits and institutional deliveries were found significantly associated with utilization of postnatal check-up.Conclusions: Utilization of postnatal services is still poor in the urban areas even though the physical accessibility was adequate. In the present study, it was concluded that the role of education, especially of female education, is important contributing factor associated with utilization of postnatal care.

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“…Similarly, study by Bhattacherjee S et al observed that mothers with lower birth order had better odds of utilizing antenatal care services as compared to their counterparts. 20 Study by Sharma V et al also observed a statistically significant association between utilization of ANC services and parity. 21 Women of parity one or two were found to be the maximum utilizers of antenatal care services.…”

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Utilization of antenatal health care services and its impact on birth weight of newborn in rural area of Western Rajasthan, India

Uppadhaya

Agrawal

Bhansali

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Antenatal care is an important component of reproductive and child health but has not been utilized to the full extent in India. The study is aimed to assess the utilization of antenatal health care services by mothers and its impact on birth weight of their newborn.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in a rural area of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. A total of 198 women of study area who have delivered between 1st July 2013 to 30thJune 2014 (12 months period) were interviewed by pre-designed and semi-structured questionnaire by door to door approach.Results: Present study showed that 100% of mothers registered their pregnancy in any health facility and 56.6% were registered in 2nd trimester. Only 32.8% mothers had received four or more antenatal visits. Only 26.26% mothers had utilized full antenatal care (minimum four antenatal visits, minimum one TT and minimum 100 IFA tablet taken) during pregnancy. The prevalence of low birth weight was 12.6%. Proportion of LBW babies was more (15.9%) in mothers who had not availed of full antenatal care. This difference was statistically significantly (P<0.05).Conclusions: The important factors related to low utilization of Antenatal services were lower socioeconomic status, lower literacy of mothers, working mothers, parity and nuclear family. The findings of this study may be utilized by the health managers and health care providers to address the problem of low ANC coverage.

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Maternal health care services utilization in tea gardens of Darjeeling, India

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Utilization of post natal care in tribal area of Madhya Pradesh, India: A community based cross-sectional study

Utilization of post natal care in tribal area of Madhya Pradesh, India: A community based cross-sectional study

An assessment of utilization of postnatal care services in urban area Jabalpur district

Utilization of antenatal health care services and its impact on birth weight of newborn in rural area of Western Rajasthan, India

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