Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Antenatal Care Among Urban and Rural Women of Tehsil Hajira District Poonch: A Comparative Study

Farah Tabassam; Tahira Amjad; Attiya Hameed Khan; Sadaf Jamil

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Antenatal Care Among Urban and Rural Women of Tehsil Hajira District Poonch: A Comparative Study

Farah Tabassam, Tahira Amjad, Attiya Hameed Khan, Sadaf Jamil

Published in Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 6, Issue 5)

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The objectives of my study was to assess the current Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of women belonging to reproductive age group of tehsil Hajira regarding antenatal care, to identify the barriers towards not seeking antenatal care, to compare the rural-urban antenatal care seeking behavior of these women and the services provided and to suggest viable recommendations in relation to creating awareness among rural and urban women regarding antenatal care. Descriptive cross sectional, comparative study, at Tehsil Hajira district Poonch AJK Pakistan. Data was collected through pre-structured questionnaire with both open and close ended questions given to respondents. Total of 400 sampled for the study (200 Urban and 200 rural women) questionnaires were completed, giving a response rate of 100%. The mean age of Responded rural women was 35.58±6.549 and urban women was 34.20±6.452. Most of the rural women had good knowledge about ANC (70%) others had bad knowledge (30%), while the urban had knowledge (80%). Attitude of rural women towards ANC was very low (38.43%) while the urban women had also bad attitude towards ANC (31%). The Mean score of ANC visits was 3.03±1.977 for rural women while it was satisfactory for urban women, 3.89±2,491. A significant difference was seen between Rural and urban women about ANC. Antenatal care is an important implication of quality of life and overall public health. In Kashmir, there is a poor maternal and child health services due to many barriers especially among rural women. Most of the rural women goes towards local private hospitals for delivery but urban women goes towards local private and out of city for delivery during last pregnancy. There is a significant difference between rural and urban women towards ANC.

Published in	Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 6, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.cajph.20200605.11
Page(s)	237-241
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Antenatal Care, Antenatal Services, Reproductive, Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, Delivery, Antenatal Visits

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Farah Tabassam, Tahira Amjad, Attiya Hameed Khan, Sadaf Jamil. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Antenatal Care Among Urban and Rural Women of Tehsil Hajira District Poonch: A Comparative Study. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2020;6(5):237-241. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20200605.11

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Farah Tabassam

Department of Public Health, Armed Forces Postgraduate Medical Institute, Affiliated with National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Tahira Amjad

Department of Community Medicine, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Attiya Hameed Khan

Department of Public Health, Armed Forces Postgraduate Medical Institute, Affiliated with National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Sadaf Jamil

Department of Public Health, Armed Forces Postgraduate Medical Institute, Affiliated with National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Farah Tabassam, Tahira Amjad, Attiya Hameed Khan, Sadaf Jamil. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Antenatal Care Among Urban and Rural Women of Tehsil Hajira District Poonch: A Comparative Study. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2020;6(5):237-241. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20200605.11

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