K. Chethana|Manjula Anil|Maria Nelliyanil
Antenatal service utilization among women in South India: a community based cross sectional study
Institute of Medical Sciences|Institute of Medical Sciences|Institute of Medical Sciences
background antenatal period important identifying pregnancy related threats antenatal care anc one effective health interventions period provides unique opportunity screening diagnosis health promotion disease prevention study assessed antenatal service utilization pattern determinants among womenmethods community based cross sectional study conducted field practice area teaching hospital mangalore study included 142 women delivered last one year study area selected using snowball sampling method pretested semistructured validated questionnaire used collect data predictors full anc identified using univariate analysis explanatory variables entered multivariate regression model obtain adjusted odds ratios find association full anc coverage determinantsresults among participants 993 registered pregnancy 789 early registration majority 915 minimum antenatal visits 831 consumed iron folic acid supplements three months tetanus toxoid tt coverage 986 full anc coverage found 81 unadjusted analysis showed higher odds full anc coverage among housewives primiparous women joint family among literates however multi variable analysis revealed literacy major determinant full ancconclusions present study majority women adequate antenatal care utilization full antenatal coverage found statistically significant among literate women