| Literature DB >> 1818874 |
S Abraham1, S Joshi, V Kumar, A Patwary, A Pratinidhi, V B Saxena, K Maitra, K K Singh, N C Saxena, B N Saxena.
Abstract
To improve the quality of MCH services, a Home Based Mothers Card (HBMC) prepared and recommended by World Health Organization was adapted to Indian situation, and introduced in 1.5 lakh population of rural area covered by 6 participating centres under the aegis of Indian Council of Medical Research. Two thousand four hundred and forty six mothers were given this card and were followed up for a period of 2 years. Only 89.2 percent retrieval of the cards was possible after a period of 18 months. Screening of the population for "at risk" women monitoring and referral could be undertaken with the help of this card. Improved antenatal, and referral services were observed during the study period. The card (HBMC) was acceptable to the mothers as well as to the health workers, as a tool for improving the quality and coverage of MCH services being rendered at the Primary Health Centre.Entities:
Keywords: Asia; Biology; Case Control Studies; Data Collection; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Examinations And Diagnoses; Focus Groups; Follow-up Studies; Health; Health Facilities; Health Services; High Risk Women; Illiterates--women; India; Information; Information Processing; Kap Surveys; Maternal Health; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Methodological Studies; Organization And Administration; Personal Identification Systems; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy Complications--prevention and control; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Program Acceptability; Program Evaluation; Programs; Records; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Risk Factors; Rural Health Centers; Rural Population--women; Sampling Studies; Screening; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Studies; Surveys
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1818874 DOI： 10.1007/BF02825437
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Pediatr ISSN： 0019-5456 Impact factor: 1.967