Determinants of Maternal Healthcare Services at Pasni, Gawader

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Volume 3 Issue 2 2022

Author(s):

Muhammad Yaseen
University of Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan
muhammad.yaseen@uot.edu.pk

Abstract Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal periods. Maternal health is a serious problem all over the World. The factors included in the study were; Education Income level, Women violence, Birth control, Socio-cultural constraints, Child marriage, Awareness, Antenatal care, Pregnancy complication, Inexperienced doctors, Traditional beliefs, and Traditional birth attendants. The universe of the study was Pasni Town, District Gawader. The calculated sample of the study was 131. A convenience sampling technique was used to collect the data. The technique of data collection was an interview schedule that consisted of close-ended, open-ended, and matrix questions. Data were analyzed by applying the independence test of chi-square and phi value to inspect the relationship of bivariate tables. The findings of the study indicated that there were so many barriers, which affected maternal health, sociocultural constraints, perception towards birth control, traditional beliefs, child marriage, domestic violence, traditional birth attendance, lack of education, and low family income.
Keywords Maternal Health, Socio-cultural Constraints, Antenatal Care, Postnatal Care, Awareness of maternal Health, Birth Control.
Year 2022
Volume 3
Issue 2
Type Research paper, manuscript, article
Recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, HEC
Category "Y"
Journal Name ILMA Journal of Social Sciences & Economics
Publisher Name ILMA University
Jel Classification -
DOI http://dx.doi.org/
ISSN no (E, Electronic) 2790-5896
ISSN no (P, Print) 2709-2232
Country Pakistan
City Karachi
Institution Type University
Journal Type Open Access
Manuscript Processing Blind Peer Reviewed
Format PDF
Paper Link http://ijsse.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/arc/Vol3/pdf/v2/3.pdf
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