ANTENATAL CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG WOMEN IN URBAN SLUMS IN TAMIL NADU
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
Maternal health of women and children will be improved only if women utilize the health services by antenatal care visits regularly, complications if any will be rectified and high risk deliveries will be reduced and thus reduction of both MMR and IMR. Two district of Tamil Nadu namely Madurai and Dindigul are selected and 2 municipal Corporations of Dindigul and Madurai were selected as study area. 460 Women aged 15-49 years old were interviewed using Probability proportional to size sampling method and the adopted an analytical study design. The data was analyzed using SPSS16. The objective of this paper is to determine the factors associated with antenatal care seeking behavior of women in urban slums in Tamil Nadu. A higher per cent of women (86 per cent) living in urban slums have availed antenatal care services, 68 per cent of women utilized their AN services from government/municipal hospitals, 19 per cent of women received AN care from private hospital/clinic, 8 per cent of women received AN services from UPHC/UFWC and 2 per cent of women received from government dispensary, NGO/Trust hospital each. Among women received AN care services, 76 per cent of women registered within 3 months of pregnancy. Sixty one per cent of women aware about pregnancy related problems, 68.5 per cent of women suffered from pregnancy related problems, 79 per cent of women treated for the pregnancy problem. Among treated, 71 per cent of women treated at government health facilities and the remaining 29 per cent of women treated at private health facilities.
Authors and Affiliations
V. Saravanakumar and Dr. C. Sivapragasam
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP20183
- DOI -
- Views 306
- Downloads 13
TEACHERS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY: SUPERVISORS’ VIEWS
This study aims to display the views of the primary school supervisors who apply supervision and guidance activities in computer technology class. The study was conducted in Mersin, Turkey, with 69 primary school super...
Exploring Determinants Influencing Learning Process and Long Distance Learning Program of Nursing Department of Health Polytechnic of Ministry of Health in East Flores District, Indonesia
The aim of the study was to identify determinants influencing students’ Learning Process (LP) or the implementation of Long Distance Learning Program (LDLP) of Nursing Department of Health Polytechnic of Ministry of He...
Relevance of Usability of Electronic Resources among Consortium Based Engineering Libraries in Bangalore SouthA Case Study
With the instigation of most recent know-how, the engineering libraries have been developed with maximum usage of consortium based electronic resources to its stakeholders. The current day stakeholders namely students,...
Self-concept, Self-efficacy and Achievement Motivation among middle school and high school students
A sample of 125 school students (65 middle-school and 60 high-school) from P.K.International School, Pune, Maharashtra was selected for the above study. They responded to Self-concept Questionnaire by Saraswat, The Gen...
Role Play: Dissolution of Discomfiture for Conspicuous Communicative Approach
Communication is the process by which we exchange meanings, opinions, ideas or emotions with others. Role playing is a great way to improve student’s communication skills. Role-play is extensively used in an English co...