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Assessment of Antenatal Care Services Utilization and Its Associated Factors

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dc.contributor.authorPaudel, Nabaraj
dc.contributor.authorPaneru, Damaru Prasad
dc.contributor.authorPahari, Sandip
dc.contributor.authorPoudel, Arati
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Yam Prasad
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-16T09:17:57Z
dc.date.available2025-07-16T09:17:57Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionNabaraj Paudel Health Section, Chapakot Municipality, Syangja, Nepal Damaru Prasad Paneru School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal Sandip Pahari School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Nepal Arati Poudel International Nepal Fellowship, Pokhara, Nepal Yam Prasad Sharma District Health Office, Gorkha, Nepal
dc.description.abstractBackground: Every pregnant woman supposed to have Antenatal care visits at least four times during 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th month of gestation. This contributes to the reduction in maternal mortality. The main objective of the study was to assess the utilization of antenatal care services and its associated factors in Pokhara Metropolitan. Methods: A community based cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in Pokhara Metropolitan between 16th May 2019 to 30th June 2019 among 325 mothers using probability proportional to size sampling and face to face interview. Ethical approval was obtained from Nepal Health Research Council. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 22 and Chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis was performed. Results: A total of 97.2 percent mothers had at least one time visit for ANC checkup while 88.6 percent mothers received four ANC visits as per protocol. A total of 94.6 percent mothers got counseling on early detection and management of complications, 95.9 percent consumed iron and folic acid and 94.3 percent consumed de-worming tablets. Mothers health literacy mobile phone ownership (AOR=11.26, 95% CI: 9.70-13.03), husband’s attitude towards ANC (AOR=6.71, 95%CI: 1.60-28.10), awareness on pregnancy complications (AOR=4.62, 95% CI: 2.53-21.73), and which is decision making on household expenditure by self (AOR 8.57%, 95% CI: 3.64-9.48) history of abortion (AOR=5.22, 95%CI: 1.71-15.30) were the factors associated with ANC service utilization. Conclusions: Majority of the pregnant women were found to be utilizing ANC services. Mobile phone ownership, health literacy, husband's attitude towards ANC, decision making on household expenses, awareness on pregnancy complications and history of abortion were the significant factors associated with ANC service utilization. Keywords: Antenatal care; factors associated; Pokhara; utilization.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v22i02.5377
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/296
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Health Research Council
dc.titleAssessment of Antenatal Care Services Utilization and Its Associated Factors
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