Background: According to WHO, 303 000 women and adolescent girls died as a result of Pregnancy and childbirth-related Complications. The effective interventions do exist at reasonable cost for the prevention or treatment of virtually all life-threatening maternal complications.
Aim: To Evaluate the Knowledge of Rural Mothers on Antenatal Care in Phased manner, Phase I is pre-education session & Phase II is post-education session and to explore the barriers to ‘Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan’ (PMSMA).
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional Questionnaire based survey was performed on Antenatal women in 2 villages of South Delhi at Jonapur and Deoli in Phased manner.
Results: Comparison of net scores obtained by the women showed that 42 (9.7%) versus 153 (35.3%) had average score in Phase I & II respectively. 293 (67.7%) women had very poor score in phase I while 201 (46.4%) women scored good after the Session. only 128 (29.5%) women were aware of existence PMSMA Scheme and commonest barrier was lack of information.
Conclusion: Short & focused education intervention can give awareness, change their attitude and help the mothers to utilize the existing Healthcare Facilities, leading to reduced Maternal morbidity and Mortality.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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