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Title: Socio demographic profile & MCH services utilization status of breast feeding mothers of Rural Health Training Centre of a Medical Institute of Central India

Authors: Dr P.Adhikari, Dr Ranjana Tiwari, Dr P.C. Mahajan, Dr R. Tiwari

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i3.239

Abstract

Introduction: Better care of mother is always reflects as birth of a healthy baby & healthy community. Since the evolution of medical science there are lots of efforts are done towards improvement in maternal health care by incepting good MCH services so that maternal as well as infant mortality can be decreased. Objectives: To assess the socio demographic profile of   breast feeding mothers. & to find out the MCH services utilization status of mothers.

Methodology: The present study was a cross sectional (observational) community based study conducted in rural field practices area of medical college Gwalior for 1 year period .Study subject were randomly selected  400 lactating mothers having infants aged 0-6 months. 

Results: Maximum number of mothers were belong to Hindu religion (75.5%)  & of Gen. Caste (34.5%) & were  illiterate (33%) and only 2.75% were post graduate. 28.5% mothers  were belong to class IV, maximum  mothers were have the history of all 3 necessary ANC visits (43.75%) but 9.5% mothers were not have any ANC visits, The distribution of mothers according to place of delivery is found significant (p=<0.05) max. mother 27.75 % delivered at PHC.

Conclusions: MCH services utilization increased among mothers which directly improve maternal health and  it leads to  good practices of breast feeding and other cares of babies which cumulatively better  impact on maternal and child health , along with MCH service utilization, good socio demographic variables can also improve maternal & child health.

Keywords: Maternal & Child Health, ANC, institutional delivery, NFHS.

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