Sandeep Kumar Uppadhaya|Neha Agrawal|Suman Bhansali|Kapil Garg|Mahendra Singh
Utilization of antenatal health care services and its impact on birth weight of newborn in rural area of Western Rajasthan, India
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur|Institute of Medical Sciences|Sarojini Naidu Medical College|Jaipur National University|All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur
background antenatal care important component reproductive child health utilized full extent india study aimed assess utilization antenatal health care services mothers impact birth weight newbornmethods community based cross sectional study conducted rural area jodhpur rajasthan total 198 women study area delivered 1st july 2013 30thjune 2014 12 months period interviewed predesigned semistructured questionnaire door door approachresults present study showed 100 mothers registered pregnancy health facility 566 registered 2nd trimester 328 mothers received four antenatal visits 2626 mothers utilized full antenatal care minimum four antenatal visits minimum one tt minimum 100 ifa tablet taken pregnancy prevalence low birth weight 126 proportion lbw babies 159 mothers availed full antenatal care difference statistically significantly plt005conclusions important factors related low utilization antenatal services lower socioeconomic status lower literacy mothers working mothers parity nuclear family findings study may utilized health managers health care providers address problem low anc coverage