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Role and Preference of Health Personnel in Maternal Care by & Of Recently Delivered Women in Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/EASMS.2020.v03i05.002
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The current study explores some of the crucial variables on the preference of the RDWs regarding health workers. Further, the details on the components of Ante Natal Care (ANC) status and the role of health personnel in availing these ANC components provided to the Recently Delivered Women (RDW) or mothers in four districts of UP. From the catchment area of each ASHA, two RDWs were selected who had a child in the age group of 3 to 6 months. Through this profile, the ANC components of RDWs, health care worker’s visit profile to the RDWs, preference regarding health personnel by RDWs and the recollection of contacts of health workers by the RDWs are reflected upon to give a picture that represents the entire state of UP. The relevance of the study assumes significance as data on the preference and opinion of RDWs on health workers, services provided for ANCs for recently delivered mothers are not available even in large scale surveys like National Family Health Survey 4 done in 2015-16. The percentage of women covered for the four ANCs along with other services related to ANC are given for the district level but there is a significant difference between the services or indicators mentioned in the study and large-scale surveys like NFHS 4. The current study also gives the data regarding recollection of messages by the RDWs on ANC. A total of four districts of Uttar Pradesh were selected purposively for the study and the data collection was conducted in the villages of the respective districts with the help of a pre-tested structured interview schedule with both close-ended and open-ended questions. In addition, in-depth interviews were also conducted amongst the RDWs and a total 500 respondents had participated in the study. The results showed that besides doctor, the most preferred health personnel in all the 4 districts were the ANM. Analysis of the various ANC related services showed that only in Saharanpur, 9% of RDWs said that they received need specific IEC and n

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