Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional study
Objectives: To assess the level of awareness about Antenatal and Postnatal care in rural women, to understand health seeking patterns of pregnant women, to relate socio-economic factors to the health seeking patterns, to provide awareness and interventions. Methodology: A prospective interventional...
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| author | Dilip Chandrasekhar Angel Mary William Anjana A Annmaria Benny Aqila Karuppam Raseel Omar Ahmed Shahir Ahmed KV Ahamedunni |
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| description | Objectives: To assess the level of awareness about Antenatal and Postnatal care in rural women, to understand health seeking patterns of pregnant women, to relate socio-economic factors to the health seeking patterns, to provide awareness and interventions. Methodology: A prospective interventional study was conducted over a period of 6 months among the patients of a government district hospital of Kerala; in three phases: pre interventional, interventional, and post interventional phase. Results: Before providing intervention, 89.8% of mothers were aware that vaginal bleeding is one of the danger signs of pregnancy, which increased to 99.8% post intervention. Similarly, they also became aware that convulsions (99%), severe abdominal pain (96.8%) and persistent headache with visual disturbances(98.4%) were the danger signs of pregnancy. The knowledge about pregnancy induced hypertension (99.2%), gestational diabetes (99.6%), gestational anemia(98.8%) and gestational epilepsy(96.2%) had increased post intervention. Initially, 55.2% of women were not aware of any of the diseases. After intervention it decreased to 0.2%. The knowledge on Bacille Calmette Guerin(BCG), Hepatitis B, Polio, Diphtheria Tetanus toxoids Pertussis(DTP) had a notable increase (98.4%,97.6%, 98.2%, 91.6% respectively) after intervention. Also, 35.2% of the women did not know why any of these vaccines were given. After the intervention the value declined to 0.8%. Conclusion: This study recognizes the need to focus on the factors associated with utilization of the available free safe motherhood services across all public health facilities. Community engagement and social awareness could play a very crucial role to help promote maternal health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68c3bf4374ee4dbaac4e6c44a13c6da42022-12-21T22:32:03ZengElsevierClinical Epidemiology and Global Health2213-39842021-07-0111100731Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional studyDilip Chandrasekhar0Angel Mary William1Anjana A2Annmaria Benny3Aqila Karuppam4Raseel Omar Ahmed5Shahir Ahmed KV Ahamedunni6Corresponding author. Dept of Pharmacy Practice Al Shifa college of Pharmacy Poonthavanam P.0, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 67932, India.; Department of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 679325, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 679325, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 679325, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 679325, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 679325, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 679325, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 679325, IndiaObjectives: To assess the level of awareness about Antenatal and Postnatal care in rural women, to understand health seeking patterns of pregnant women, to relate socio-economic factors to the health seeking patterns, to provide awareness and interventions. Methodology: A prospective interventional study was conducted over a period of 6 months among the patients of a government district hospital of Kerala; in three phases: pre interventional, interventional, and post interventional phase. Results: Before providing intervention, 89.8% of mothers were aware that vaginal bleeding is one of the danger signs of pregnancy, which increased to 99.8% post intervention. Similarly, they also became aware that convulsions (99%), severe abdominal pain (96.8%) and persistent headache with visual disturbances(98.4%) were the danger signs of pregnancy. The knowledge about pregnancy induced hypertension (99.2%), gestational diabetes (99.6%), gestational anemia(98.8%) and gestational epilepsy(96.2%) had increased post intervention. Initially, 55.2% of women were not aware of any of the diseases. After intervention it decreased to 0.2%. The knowledge on Bacille Calmette Guerin(BCG), Hepatitis B, Polio, Diphtheria Tetanus toxoids Pertussis(DTP) had a notable increase (98.4%,97.6%, 98.2%, 91.6% respectively) after intervention. Also, 35.2% of the women did not know why any of these vaccines were given. After the intervention the value declined to 0.8%. Conclusion: This study recognizes the need to focus on the factors associated with utilization of the available free safe motherhood services across all public health facilities. Community engagement and social awareness could play a very crucial role to help promote maternal health.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221339842100035XObstetricRuralMaternal care |
| spellingShingle | Dilip Chandrasekhar Angel Mary William Anjana A Annmaria Benny Aqila Karuppam Raseel Omar Ahmed Shahir Ahmed KV Ahamedunni Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional study Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Obstetric Rural Maternal care |
| title | Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional study |
| title_full | Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional study |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional study |
| title_short | Perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches: An interventional study |
| title_sort | perceptions of essential obstetric care by rural pregnant women and safe motherhood approaches an interventional study |
| topic | Obstetric Rural Maternal care |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221339842100035X |
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