Antenatal Care Seeking Behaviour among Slum Mothers A Study of Rajshahi City Corporation, Bangladesh

Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2010, Vol 10, Issue 1

Abstract

Te study aimed to identify the important effects of some selected variables in antenatal care (ANC) seeking behaviour among slum mothers. Methods: Te data for the study were collected in 2006 from 700 mothers in the slum areas of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Bangladesh. Results: Te results indicate that tetanus toxoid (TT) is relatively widespread in slum areas of RCC. Serious health implications were observed for the mothers and their children who lived in the study areas because more than half of the respondents (56.1%) were not assisted at their last childbirth by any health professional. Te respondents were too poor to buy iron tablets/syrup and vitamin tablets/syrup during their last pregnancy. Te application of a logistic regression model suggested that demographic and socio-economic factors were associated with ANC seeking behaviour among slum mothers. Conclusion: Respondents’ education, place of treatment, husband’s occupation, family’s income, and exposure to mass media had highly signifcant effects on mothers seeking medical checkups during their last pregnancy.

Authors and Affiliations

Mahfuzar Rahman| Department of Population Science & Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh, Rafqul Islam| Department of Population Science & Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh, Mosfequr Rahman| Department of Population Science & Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh

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Mahfuzar Rahman, Rafqul Islam, Mosfequr Rahman (2010). Antenatal Care Seeking Behaviour among Slum Mothers A Study of Rajshahi City Corporation, Bangladesh. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 10(1), 50-56. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-13917