Nishant Bhimani|Pushti Vachhani|Girija Kartha
Utilization pattern of antenatal health care services among married women of reproductive age group in the rural area of Surendranagar district, Gujarat, India: a community based cross sectional study
CU Shah Medical College and Hospital|CU Shah Medical College and Hospital|CU Shah Medical College and Hospital
background maternal mortality continues major public health problem inspite existence national programmes improving maternal child health india maternal mortality morbidity continue high high quality antenatal care important way reduce maternal morbidity mortality utilization ante natal care anc services poor rural areas causing significant impact health mother ultimately leads increased maternal morbidity mortalitymethods community based crosssectional study study carried oral questionnaire method using predesigned pretested performa information collected compiled analysed applying suitable tests data analysed statistical package social sciences spss microsoft word excel used generate graphs tables etcresults total 403 women included study pregnancy registration done 8877 women either government facility private doctor total registered women majority ie 5425 registered pregnancy 2nd trimester response frequency antenatal visits study showed 5918 216 women availed three three antenatal visits found 8192 299 taken complete 2 doses tetanus immunization 47 women completed full course iron folic acid tablets observed 4603 women availed complete anc packageconclusions although antenatal services india created strengthened expanded years output terms utilization particularly rural area still limited present study brought many significant socio cultural barriers like caste womens literacy husbands literacy occupation women socioeconomic class parity women affecting utilization services