Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Care Services and Its Linkages with Maternal Deaths in India
Abstract
Reducing maternal mortality has been a crucial international development priority in all developing nations including India. The paper is an attempt to explore the status of maternal health and utilisation of maternal health... [ view full abstract ]
Reducing maternal mortality has been a crucial international development priority in all developing nations including India. The paper is an attempt to explore the status of maternal health and utilisation of maternal health care services among maternal deaths reported households in India and its regions. District Level Household and Facility Survey- 2007-08 data reiterates that maternal deaths are significantly high in rural areas especially in high focus northern states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar. Religion-wise differentials in maternal death was not pronounced but scheduled caste and scheduled tribe have reported more number of maternal deaths in comparison to other than scheduled caste/tribe women. Results show a clear inverse relationship between the economic status and maternal deaths. There is a wide disparity in maternal mortality ratio within various regions in India with highest as 390 in Assam and lowest as 81 in Kerala per one lakh live births. Most of the deaths were reported during pregnancy (56 percent). Analysis reveals that contraceptive coverage in households reported maternal deaths is very low. Moreover in the same household the usage of modern methods of contraception is also low this is clearly indicative of the low coverage of birth spacing methods that exposed women to repeated unwanted births hence, increasing risk of maternal morbidity and mortality. Further, utilization of health care services is also low among households reported maternal deaths.
Key words: Maternal Deaths; District Level Household and Facility Survey- 2007-08; India; Utilization of Health Care Services
Authors
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Mukesh Ranjan
(International Institute for Population Sciences,)
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Laxmi Kant Dwivedi
(International Institute for Population Sciences,)
Topic Area
V. Healthcare Service 5.1 Accessibility of healthcare services and its optimization 5.2 He
Session
UH-HS-O-03 » Urban Health - Healthcare Service - 03 (14:00 - Saturday, 2nd April, TBA)
Paper
lkd_sir.docx
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