UTILIZATION OF CHILD HEALTH SERVICES FOR MOTHERS IN RURAL AREA OF DISTRICT GHAZIABAD
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction-Maternal and Reproductive Health Services in health systems constitutes a large range of curative and preventive health services. This study was done to visualize the utilization of child health services. Material and Methods- It was a community based cross sectional study conducted for a period of 1 year. Multistage sampling was used and the sample size was found to be 575 females. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the relevant data. Analysis in form of proportion was done using SPSS software. Results-The utilization of postnatal care was seen to be more in rural area (96.66%).In rural area out of 159 mothers who received ANC only 132(83.02%) mothers gave colostrum to their baby whereas out of 21 mothers who did not receive ANC only11(52.38%) mothers gave colostrum and this difference was found to be statistically significant. Conclusion-Need of greater co-operation between the govt. and private sector with involvement of the NGO’s for wide spread utilization and efficient services.
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Kumar Gunjan And Vimal Arya
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