Expediting support for the pregnant mothers to obtainantenatal care at public health facilities in rural areas of Balochistan province, Pakistan

Authors

  • Abdul Ghaffar Health Department, Government of Balochistan
  • Sathirakorn Pongpanich Chulalogkorn University Bangkok
  • Najma Ghaffar Bolan Medical College, Quetta
  • Robert Sedgwick Chapman Chulalogkorn University Bangkok
  • Sheh Mureed Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.313.7082

Keywords:

Antenatal care, Maternal Health, Pregnancy, Public Health facility, Utilization.

Abstract

Objectives: To identify, and compare relative importance of, factors associated with antenatal care (ANC) utilization in rural Balochistan, toward framing a policy to increase such utilization.

Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 513 pregnant women in Jhal Magsi District, Balochistan, in 2011. A standardized interviewer-administered questionnaire was used. Predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors were evaluated with generalized linear models (Poisson distribution and log link).

Results: Prevalence of any ANC was only 14.4%. Predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors were all important determinants of ANC utilization. Reinforcing factors were clearly most important, husband

Author Biographies

Abdul Ghaffar, Health Department, Government of Balochistan

Planning Officer, Health Department

Sathirakorn Pongpanich, Chulalogkorn University Bangkok

College of Public Health Sciences, Associate Professor 

Najma Ghaffar, Bolan Medical College, Quetta

Gynae And Obstetrics, Associate Professor

Robert Sedgwick Chapman, Chulalogkorn University Bangkok

college of Public health sciences, Lecturer

Sheh Mureed, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

College of Public health Sciences, Postdocotorate Scholar

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Published

2015-05-18

How to Cite

Ghaffar, A., Pongpanich, S., Ghaffar, N., Chapman, R. S., & Mureed, S. (2015). Expediting support for the pregnant mothers to obtainantenatal care at public health facilities in rural areas of Balochistan province, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.313.7082

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 3 (2015): May - June 2015 Pak J Med Sci

Section

Original Articles