1Chief Medical Officer, Mother & Child Welfare Centre Himmatpuri, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi
2Associate Professor, Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur, Karnataka
3Associate Professor, Community Medicine, SMS & R Sharda University, Plot No. 32–34, Knowledge Park-3, Greater Noida, U.P.
4Assistant Professor, SMS & R Sharda University, Plot No. 32–34, Knowledge Park-3, Greater Noida, U.P.
5Associate Professor, Community Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
6Dy. CMO, G.B.Nagar, CMO Office, District Hospital Campus, G.B.Nagar, U.P.
Online published on 11 November, 2013.
Care during Antenatal period is very important for the positive outcome of pregnancy. This study was conducted to study the antenatal practices in a rural population; role of various health functionaries in promoting healthy antenatal practices and factors affecting it.
The present study is a descriptive, community based field study done in Bisrakh block of district Gautam Budh Nagar. The study was conducted in all the villages of two randomly selected sub-center areas each from two randomly selected PHCs of Bisrakh Block.
40% of pregnant women visited 3 or more times for antenatal care (ANC), 12% took 100 iron folic acid (IFA) tablets and 81% took Tetanus Toxoid (TT).Education of pregnant women was an important factor significantly associated with higher consumption of IFA tablets and higher number of visits for ANC.
Major proportion of pregnant women do not avail the facilities provided by the Government. Education of pregnant women has a very strong bearing on their health care seeking behavior.
Antenatal Care, Practices, Rural, ANC Practices
