KNOWLEDGE AND UTILIZATION OF ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES BY WOMEN VISITING OBS. OPD JINNAH HOSPITAL LAHORE
*Dr Sajeela Riaz, Dr. Aqsa Tariq and Dr. Ali bin Tariq
ABSTRACT
Background: ANTENATAL CARE (ANC) is a branch of preventive medicine dealing with pre-symptomatic diagnosis of general medical disorders, nutrition, immunology, health education and social medicine in addition to prevention and and early detection of pregnancy disorders. It is an essential link in the Household-to-hospital continuum of care that aims at providing healthy baby to healthy mother .Its awareness is of vital significance for the maintenance of sound health of pregnant mother and intrauterine baby. All over the world, Africa is the place with highest maternal death and lowest child health. in Pakistan, hilly areas like chitral has most LBW(low birth weight) deliveries. Objective: The objective of this study is to access the awareness of pregnant women and the factors affecting in the patients presented in Jinnah hospital Lahore It is a cross sectional study.
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