Periodical Assessment of Maternal Health Services in Village Health & Nutrition Day in Rural Areas of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHND) being flagship programme in India, has been observed in different States in India as well as West Bengal. Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess periodically the maternal health services of VHND sessions in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Methodology: Community based assessment was done using LQAS technique by interview of 207 mothers who have delivered within one year using semi-structured interview schedule since 2013 to 2017. SPSS has been used to analyze the data. Results: Mothers have been registered for antenatal care were 57% (118), 63.8% (132), 66.7% (138) and 72.9% (151) respectively over successively four years and never registered 8.7% (18), 5.3% (11), 3.9% (8) and 2.4% (5) respectively. Home delivery attributed 12.6% (26), 8.7% (18), 5.8% (12) and 3.4% (7) respectively. Conclusion: There is no difference in socio-economic status of the mothers. But the quality of maternal health services and awareness among them has been clearly improved on course of time.
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Dr Sukanta Biswas, Dr Samir Dasgupta, Dr Pramit Ghosh
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