Tarunvir Singh

Coverage of Maternal & Child Health and Family Welfare Services: a Study at Sub Centre Level in a Rural Area of Jammu in India Tarunvir Singh

A study elicit the coverage of MCH and Family Welfare services at sub centre level was carried out in R. S. Pura block which is the rural field practice area of Government Medical College, Jammu, India. Out of the existing 25 sub centres, 10 sub-centres were randomly selected for the purpose of study. All the records pertaining to MCH and family welfare services rendered by these sub centres were scrutinized to study the extent of coverage of MCH and family welfare services as well as the association of maternal age and order of pregnancy followed by home visits of a sub sample of the registered mothers to find out the validity of these records as well as to study the association of factors such as maternal literacy, socio economic status of the family and accessibility of the sub centre with the utilization of MCH and Family Welfare. The association of the age of mother and order of pregnancy with the utilization of antenatal, intranatal and postnatal services among the pregnant females registered at sub centre level was studied. The extent of coverage of immunization among infants born and registered during time of study was analysed through entry in immunization registers.