SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC AT THREE URBAN HEALTH CENTRES OF BELAGAVI - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Dr. Divyae Kansal; Dr. Sanjay Kambar

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2018

SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC AT THREE URBAN HEALTH CENTRES OF BELAGAVI - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Dr. Divyae Kansal, Dr. Sanjay Kambar

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Pregnancy is a unique, exciting and often joyous time in a woman‘s life, as it highlights the woman‘s amazing creative and nurturing powers while providing a idge to the future. Proper antenatal care is one of the important ways in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. Pregnancy comes with some cost, however, for a pregnant woman needs also to be a responsible woman so as to best support the health of her future child. This present study was conducted to assess the socio demographic profile of pregnant women attending antenatal clinic.

Methodology: This one year cross sectional study was done in three UHCs Ram Nagar, Ashok Nagar and Rukmini Nagar which are urban field practice area of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi. Data was collected from 360 pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic of three UHCs. Information on socio demographic details was obtained.

Results: Out of total 360 participants, In the present study mean age of study participants was 24.3�3.92 years, 54.7% were Muslim by religion. A large number of study participants had studied up to high school 37.8%. As many 95.3% pregnant women were housewives. Most of participants belonged to class III socio–economic status as per modified B G Prasad classification. 15.2% were having previous history of abortion

Conclusion: There is a need for universal screening to pick up risk factor such as age ≥30 years and various other factors to prevent maternal and fetal morbidity. Risk factors such as age ≥30 years can lead to gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant woman. To improve community awareness on Antenatal care, information, education and communication activities should be increased on Antenatal care through community campaign and mass media like local television channel, radio and local newspapers. There is a need to motivate women to utilize maternal care services which are freely available in all the government health set ups. Based on these results it concluded that, plan for preventive strategies and to improve maternal outcomes.