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Abstract
A prospective study conducted in rural India on pregnant women showed poor utilization of primary health services and very poor maternal care receptivity especially in terms of antenatal care. A very high perinatal mortality rate of 81.3/1000 live births and a neonatal mortality rate of 63.7/1000 live births was observed in the present study. Out of 204 live births, 72.05% of newborn developed complications within 6 weeks of the delivery. Most of the complications were of a minor nature and could be attributed to poor environmental conditions, lack of personal hygiene and ignorance. The study highlights the need for training of grass root level workers for the improvement of perinatal and neonatal care in rural India.Entities:
Keywords: Asia; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Fetal Death; Health; Health Services; India; Infant Mortality; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Mortality; Neonatal Diseases And Abnormalities; Neonatal Mortality; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Program Accessibility; Program Evaluation; Programs; Prospective Studies; Research Methodology; Rural Population--women; Southern Asia; Studies; Transportation
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8478893 DOI： 10.1177/146642409311300203
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J R Soc Health ISSN： 0264-0325