Knowledge and practices on maternal health care among mothers: A Cross sectional study from rural areas of mid-western development region Nepal

Gyawali, K; Paneru, Damaru Prasad; Jnawali, Bina; Jnawali, Kalpana

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“…In our study, around 75.0% of the respondents belonged to a joint family. This was slightly higher compared to a similar study done in the Mid-Western region of the country where 58.2% of the mothers belonged to a joint family [ 18 ]. It is often seen that a good marital relationship between spouses exists when they live in nuclear families and for those women living in joint families better relation with their mother in laws results in better utilization rates of the ANC services during pregnancy [ 19 ].…”

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Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Dalit Communities in Gorkha, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Awasthi¹,

Awasthi

Thapa³

et al. 2018

Journal of Pregnancy

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Background and Objective Antenatal care (ANC) is one of the main components of maternal health. Utilization of safe motherhood is deprived in women who belong to low-caste groups like Dalit of Nepal. Low socioeconomic status, poor knowledge and awareness on obstetric complications, lack of decision-making autonomy, and limited health care options lead to underutilization of existing maternal health care service. The aim of this study was to ascertain the utilization of antenatal care services in terms of ANC visits with health personnel, receiving recommended period of iron tablets, consumption of antihelminthes and number of Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccines taken among child bearing women in Dalit community. Materials and Methods Descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to conduct the study of 150 child bearing women of reproductive age (15-49 years) having at least one child up to three years of age in a Dalit community of Gorkha from March 2015 to March 2016. The data was collected from each mother by conducting face to face interview with each household by using a questionnaire. Result The study revealed that mean age at marriage of respondents was 17.7 years and mean age at first pregnancy was 18 years. 44.6% of respondents experienced complication during last pregnancy, labour, and postpartum period in their last pregnancy. 59.3% of respondents stated that neighbors, relatives, and traditional healers were the best first contact person during health problem of women. 76.0% of respondents had attended antepartum visit during their last pregnancy whereas 24.0% of respondents did not attend any antepartum clinic. 68.3% of the mothers had consumed Iron/Folates within 45 days after delivery. Only 30.0% of respondents received antihelminthes (albendazole) while 70.0% of respondents had received TT Vaccines during their last pregnancy. Age, type of family, and education of the mothers were significantly associated with utilization of antenatal care services. Conclusion Even though there is reasonable good utilization rate of antenatal service, the study revealed that low education and awareness among mothers, low socioeconomic condition, early marriage and pregnancy, inappropriate antenatal health check-up, and cultural taboos were significant factors affecting the satisfactory utilization of services among the Dalit community. Hence, there is a need to emphasize on raising awareness of Dalit mothers for receiving available prenatal services.

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Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Dalit Communities in Gorkha, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Awasthi¹,

Awasthi

Thapa³

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Journal of Pregnancy

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“…In a similar study conducted in Nigeria on the knowledge of safe motherhood among women in rural communities the median age of the participants was 25 years and, in a study, conducted in Bangladesh the mean age of pregnant women was 24.61 yrs. 13,14 Age at marriage also plays a vital role in reproductive health as well as in maintaining safe motherhood practices. In this study a large number of participants were married before the age of 20 years (67.1%) and many had completed only 0-4 years for their marriage (74.6%) also most of the participants had non-consanguineous marriages (74.1%).…”

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“…Similar findings are shown in a study conducted in Bangladesh about knowledge and behaviour on safe motherhood practices where 92% of the participants were unemployed. 14 These participants may not have sufficient money for purchasing nutritional food and antenatal, natal and postnatal service during pregnancy.…”

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Safe motherhood practices - Knowledge and behaviour among pregnant women in Belagavi, Karnataka. A descriptive study

Dhagavkar

Dalal

Nilgar

et al. 2021

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

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Background: Pregnancy and childbirth are essential for existence of the entire human race but maternal death is a twofold misfortune affecting both the mother and child. "Safe Motherhood Initiative" enlisted four pillars of safe motherhood but even after the launch of such and other initiatives maternal, infant and under 5 mortalities remained unacceptable. Assessing the level of awareness about safe motherhood practices among pregnant women thus becomes necessary to plan interventions to further empower them to avail these services. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge and behaviour about the safe motherhood practices and factors influencing these practices in pregnant women. Study group: Pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a tertiary care hospital in Belagavi, Karnataka. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted among 374 pregnant women for 4 months. Sociodemographic data and details of knowledge and behaviour about safe motherhood practices were collected using a predesigned pretested questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS software. Results: Participants' mean age was 23.9 years. 84% of pregnant women had average knowledge while 68.4% had poor behaviour regarding Safe Motherhood Practices. Statistically significant associations were observed between knowledge and education level, employment status and socio-economic class, between behaviour and age at the time of marriage of the women and also between knowledge and behaviour (p-value<0.05). Conclusions: Among pregnant women knowledge about Safe Motherhood Practices was average and behaviour was poor. There is a necessity to increase the knowledge which will in turn bring about a good behaviour and empower women to use the safe motherhood services.

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Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs and its Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia

Workineh¹

2014

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Background: In many developing countries including Ethiopia, maternal morbidity and mortality still pose a substantial burden even if various programs are undertaken by public sectors as well as the non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Majority of maternal health sectors in developing countries consider knowledge of women about the obstetric danger signs as the first essential step in order to accept appropriate and timely referral to obstetric care. However, in Ethiopia little is known about the knowledge level of mothers about obstetric danger signs. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge about obstetrics danger signs among mothers who gave birth in the last three years prior to the survey in Arba Minch town, Ethiopia. Methods: A Community based cross-sectional study was conducted from December 20, 2013 to June 30, 2014 on a randomly selected sample of 390 women who had at least one delivery in the past three years. Multistage sampling technique was employed to select the study participants. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data. Bivariate and multivariate data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20.0 statistical software. Result: Three hundred ninety mothers participated in the study making a response rate of 100%. From all respondents, 24.1% of them were knowledgeable while 75.9% were not knowledgeable about obstetric danger signs that occurred during pregnancy, labor and postnatal period. Conclusion: Educational status, age, monthly income, and decision making power were independently associated with knowledge of obstetric danger signs. Thus, provision of information, education, facilitate income generating mechanisms , and communication targeting women, family and the community on danger signs of pregnancy and childbirth was recommended.

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Knowledge and practices on maternal health care among mothers: A Cross sectional study from rural areas of mid-western development region Nepal

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Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Dalit Communities in Gorkha, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Dalit Communities in Gorkha, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Safe motherhood practices - Knowledge and behaviour among pregnant women in Belagavi, Karnataka. A descriptive study

Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs and its Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town, Ethiopia

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