Awareness and utilization of Maternal health programs among mothers in a rural area
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Maternal Health Programs, JSY, JSSK, PMMVY, IFA TabletsAbstract
Background: In India MMR is 97 and in Uttar Pradesh is 167 per 1,00,000 live births. The JSY and JSSK are initiatives to reduce maternal and infant mortality. PMMVY provides cash assistance to mothers and ICDS addresses malnutrition in mothers. Objective: To study awareness and utilization of maternal and child health programs and its association by post-mothers. Methods: An observation cross-sectional study in the rural area of Saharanpur using multistage random sampling among 250 mothers. Data collected using predesigned, pre-tested and semi-structured questionnaire. Analysis was done in EPI.info 7.2.5, statistical method for analysis used was frequency, percentage for descriptive statistics and for association chi-square test was used. Results: Among 250 mother’s, level of awareness was highest in NIS (96.4%) and lowest in PMMVY (69.2%). Utilization of ICDS, PMSMA, JSY, JSSK and PMMVY was 84.0%, 92.8%, 81.2%, 53.2% and 47.6% respectively. Association of JSY, JSSK and PMMVY with mode of delivery was found to be significant. Association of IFA tablets consumption and frequency of receiving THR was statistically significant. Conclusions: Awareness and utilization of maternal programs was high. Utilization of JSY, JSSK and PMMVY services were associated with higher chances of normal delivery.
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