Situation of antenatal care and delivery practices

The study aims to assess the situation of antenatal care usage and delivery practices in the study area. (i) To study the coverage rate for ANC and hospital delivery in different age group, parity, educational status and economic status. (ii)To study the relation of ANC visit and hospital delivery. The study design is descriptive cross sectional study. The study was carried out in ward no. 9 of Mahankal VDC, Kathmandu. 50 women of reproductive age group who had delivered live birth five years preceding the survey were selected. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered through informal interview. For the women with more than one child, the information was gathered for the last birth. The data were analyzed through the SPSS software. Antenatal visit was a success story. Seventy eight percent of women were using the services. More notable fact was that the 62% of the respondents made antenatal visits for four or more than four times. Seventy two percent of the respondents y rec...