1Associate Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, S N Medical College, Bagalkot
2Professor & Head, Dept. of Community Medicine J.S.S Medical College, Mysore
Online published on 19 November, 2012.
Intra Natal care (INC) means, care taken during delivery. This consists of taking care of not only the mother but also newborn at the time of childbirth.
To find out, the factors influencing utilization of intra-natal care services
To determine, to what extent the intra-natal care services are utilized by the mothers.
Study design: A cross sectional study
Sampling method: Two stage sampling method was used
Setting: Villages of Suttur & Kadakola PHC's
Source of data: Mothers who had delivered during last one year
Statistical test used: Chi – square test
48.11% of the mothers had delivered at Taluka & District Government hospital. In 15–19 years age group, 96.30% of mothers had utilized Intra-natal care (INC) services. 93.33% of the mothers had utilized INC services whose socio-economic class was I & II. 90% of the mothers had utilized INC services who had studied up to college level. The Socio-demographic factors such as Age, Literacy status of the mother & Socio-economic status were found to influence the pattern of utilization.
Utilization of Intra-natal care service was increased with increase in literacy status and socio-economic status of the mother.
Utilization, Intra-natal care services, Factors, Rural area
