Huaxiong Jiang, Yuxiao Wang, Yang Cheng, Mengmeng Zhang, Ling Feng, Shaoshuai Wang
Transport accessibility and hospital attributes: A nonlinear analysis of their impact on Women's prenatal care seeking behavior
Health & place
background reproductive tract infection rti overgrowth normal flora reproductive tract iatrogenic infection caused unhygienic practices like unsafe abortion lack knowledge plays major role among factors associated district level health survey dlhs4 reported knowledge rti among rural population tamil nadu 8 percent thus necessary know knowledge regarding rti aim assess knowledge regarding reproductive tract infection among evermarried rural women reproductive age group kancheepuram district tamil nadu settings design crosssectional study conducted rural kancheepuram district tamil nadu materials methods sample size calculated 330 using multistage random sampling population proportion calculated sample size used standardized questionnaire used data collection ethical approval obtained statistical analysis used spss 210 used statistical purposes chisquare test applied significance pvalue 005 considered significant results among 330 females 166 503 presented symptom rtis past three months 300 909 heard rtis main source information health education health care workers 155 469 91 31 females poor knowledge regarding rtis conclusions lack knowledge rti prevalent among women rural community reproductive age regular health education given women fertile order increase understanding