Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh

This descriptive cross-sectional study was at Sreepur upzilla of Bangladesh during the period of 6 months with the aim to find out the extend of utilization of postnatal care services by the rural mothers. A total of 250 women who had their last child born within 6 weeks to 6 months were selected sy...

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Main Authors: Abdul Jabbar, Md., Hoque, Syeda Rumana, Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
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spelling my.iium.irep.224252012-03-14T03:32:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22425/ Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh Abdul Jabbar, Md. Hoque, Syeda Rumana Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin RG Gynecology and obstetrics This descriptive cross-sectional study was at Sreepur upzilla of Bangladesh during the period of 6 months with the aim to find out the extend of utilization of postnatal care services by the rural mothers. A total of 250 women who had their last child born within 6 weeks to 6 months were selected systematically. Majority of the respondents were in age of 21 – 30 year (mean age 24.02 year± SD 6.45). Most of them (51.7%) were educated up to primary level having average family monthly income of Tk.6164/-(SD± 24.60/-). Of the total respondents 62.8% were married within 14-18 years of age which reflects the traditional practice of early marriage in rural area. Regarding mode of delivery 92.4% delivered normal vaginal delivery and most of them (92%) delivered at home. Among the respondents on 34% women received any sorts of postnatal care. Reasons for taking postnatal care were found as for self ailments (24%), child’s illness (16%), advice regarding diet (11.6%), advice regarding rest (11.2%), as routine health check up (8%). So it may be stated that in spite of availability of postnatal services utilization by the consumers is not up to satisfactory level. The factors responsible for non-utilization of postnatal services are illiteracy, lack of awareness, economical constraints and social custom and culture too. Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital 2009 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22425/1/Practice_of_Postnatal_Care.pdf Abdul Jabbar, Md. and Hoque, Syeda Rumana and Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin (2009) Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh. Journal of Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital, 14 (1). pp. 11-14. ISSN 1815-3100 http://www.dnmc.edu.bd/
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topic RG Gynecology and obstetrics
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Abdul Jabbar, Md.
Hoque, Syeda Rumana
Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh
description This descriptive cross-sectional study was at Sreepur upzilla of Bangladesh during the period of 6 months with the aim to find out the extend of utilization of postnatal care services by the rural mothers. A total of 250 women who had their last child born within 6 weeks to 6 months were selected systematically. Majority of the respondents were in age of 21 – 30 year (mean age 24.02 year± SD 6.45). Most of them (51.7%) were educated up to primary level having average family monthly income of Tk.6164/-(SD± 24.60/-). Of the total respondents 62.8% were married within 14-18 years of age which reflects the traditional practice of early marriage in rural area. Regarding mode of delivery 92.4% delivered normal vaginal delivery and most of them (92%) delivered at home. Among the respondents on 34% women received any sorts of postnatal care. Reasons for taking postnatal care were found as for self ailments (24%), child’s illness (16%), advice regarding diet (11.6%), advice regarding rest (11.2%), as routine health check up (8%). So it may be stated that in spite of availability of postnatal services utilization by the consumers is not up to satisfactory level. The factors responsible for non-utilization of postnatal services are illiteracy, lack of awareness, economical constraints and social custom and culture too.
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author Abdul Jabbar, Md.
Hoque, Syeda Rumana
Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
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Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
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title Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh
title_short Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh
title_full Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh
title_fullStr Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Practice by postnatal care by the rural mothers, Bangladesh
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publisher Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/22425/1/Practice_of_Postnatal_Care.pdf
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http://www.dnmc.edu.bd/
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