{"title":"Utilization of Health Care Facilities by Pregnant Women Approaching Government Hospitals in Nainital District Uttarakhand","authors":"C. Arya, L. Pande","doi":"10.1080/09735070.2017.1305222","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present study was conducted on 120 pregnant women attending the OPD of two government hospitals in Nainital with the objective to analyze the utilization of medical facilities by pregnant women. Questionnaire cum interview method was used for data collection. Results of the study showed that both government hospitals needed to be strengthened in terms of medical staff, infrastructure and equipments and techniques. It was observed that at GBPH there was only one doctor to take care of the women. The same hospital did not have adequate stock of medicines and lagged behind technologically. Results indicate towards a lower utilization of health care facilities such as 108 ambulance facility and aganwadi services among women respondents. Almost half the respondents were not aware of the benefits of Janani Suraksha Yojana. The study suggests need to increase awareness on reproductive health issues of women and popularization of government schemes.","PeriodicalId":39279,"journal":{"name":"Studies on Ethno-Medicine","volume":"11 1","pages":"180 - 187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/09735070.2017.1305222","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studies on Ethno-Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09735070.2017.1305222","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT The present study was conducted on 120 pregnant women attending the OPD of two government hospitals in Nainital with the objective to analyze the utilization of medical facilities by pregnant women. Questionnaire cum interview method was used for data collection. Results of the study showed that both government hospitals needed to be strengthened in terms of medical staff, infrastructure and equipments and techniques. It was observed that at GBPH there was only one doctor to take care of the women. The same hospital did not have adequate stock of medicines and lagged behind technologically. Results indicate towards a lower utilization of health care facilities such as 108 ambulance facility and aganwadi services among women respondents. Almost half the respondents were not aware of the benefits of Janani Suraksha Yojana. The study suggests need to increase awareness on reproductive health issues of women and popularization of government schemes.
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Studies on Ethno-Medicine is a peer reviewed, internationally circulated journal. It publishes reports of original research, theoretical articles, timely reviews, brief communications, book reviews and other publications in the interdisciplinary field of ethno-medicine. The journal serves as a forum for physical, social and life scientists as well as for health professionals. The transdisciplinary areas covered by this journal include, but are not limited to, Physical Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Botany, Agriculture, Home Science, Zoology, Genetics, Biology, Medical Sciences, Public Health, Demography and Epidemiology. The journal publishes basic, applied and methodologically oriented research from all such areas. The journal is committed to prompt review, and priority publication is given to manuscripts with novel or timely findings, and to manuscript of unusual interest. Further, the manuscripts are categorised under three types, namely - Regular articles, Short Communications and Reviews. The researchers are invited to submit original papers in English (papers published elsewhere or under consideration elsewhere shall not be considered).
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