Utilization Assessment of Maternal and Child Health Services Through Mamta Card in Anand District: An Observational Study
Context: Mother and child protection (MCP) cards serve as a tool for pregnant women, young mothers, and family members to understand and achieve good health practices. It comprises information about antenatal care, danger signs, preparation for delivery, newborn care, immunization, and growth chart....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_318_24 |
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| Summary: | Context:
Mother and child protection (MCP) cards serve as a tool for pregnant women, young mothers, and family members to understand and achieve good health practices. It comprises information about antenatal care, danger signs, preparation for delivery, newborn care, immunization, and growth chart.
Aims:
1) To evaluate the utilization and understanding of the information provided in Mamta cards and 2) to assess the completeness of these cards.
Settings and Design:
Cross-sectional study in rural and urban community settings.
Methods and Materials:
Simple random sampling was performed to select the centers from which participants were recruited. Mothers who provided consent were interviewed with a pretested questionnaire and checklist (Google form).
Statistical Analysis Used:
Descriptive statistics were performed using the SPSS software (SPSS for windows, Version 26.0. Chicago, SPSS Inc.) Chi-square test was performed for categorical variables.
Results:
Mamta cards were primarily used as immunization cards and 53.1% of them had read the card. Mothers had good knowledge of ANC services, breastfeeding importance. Utilization of Td vaccine and IFA tablets were high. Childhood diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia-related knowledge, postnatal and newborn care recordings were poor. Mother’s education is an important determining factor (statistically significant) for awareness related to the number of visits during ANC period, health check-ups during pregnancy, and drugs to be taken during pregnancy.
Conclusions:
The health workers could conduct sessions regarding the importance of the Mamta card to ensure that users are motivated to make attempts to read and understand the importance. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-8302 2589-8310 |