A Cross-sectional study on Intranatal and Postnatal Healthcare usage among mothers in Fishermen community of Kovalam area in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Globally, most of the maternal deaths are occurring in the developing countries. Both intranatal and postnatal healthcare services play a major role in improving the maternal health as well as reducing the maternal mortality. Aims & Objectives: To assess the utilization of intranatal and postnatal health services and to identify the factors influencing their utilization among women of fishermen population in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. Method: The cross-sectional study was done among the mothers in Kovalam area of Kancheepuram district. Details were collected using a pre-tested questionnaire and analyzed using statistical software. Results: The study included 284 mothers of which 35% were illiterates. Delivery was conducted by skilled personnel in 80.28% of pregnancies. During the postnatal period 35.91% of the mothers had more than one postnatal visit, 54.58% mothers had only one visit and 9.51% had no postnatal visit. 48.24% of the mothers were beneficiaries of Janani Suraksha Yojana scheme and also only 45.77% had received cash benefits from Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy scheme. Better levels of education and socio economic class were found to be significantly associated with better utilization of intranatal and postnatal services. Conclusion: This study reveals the fact that maternal health service schemes were not fully utilized by the community and improving the literacy status & socio-economic status will have a better impact on utilization.
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Raja Danasekaran, Pavithra Raja, Karnaboopathy Ranganathan, Jegadeesh Ramasamy
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