TAILIEUCHUNG - Mother’s education and antenatal care visits in Nepal

The proper use of antenatal care (ANC) visit is the first step to prevent both mother and child health. This is also one of the key components to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The study is an attempt to assess the relation between mother’s education and utilization of ANC services in Nepal. It is completely based on data of national representative 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey that covered 2,746 currently married women, aged 15-49 years who had at least one child in the last three years preceding the survey. Logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of education on the utilization of ANC services. Results showed that a higher level of maternal education increased the chance of utilizing ANC services than those with little or no education. The importance of maternal education continued even when other socioeconomic factors are taken into account. This indicates that mother’s education contribute to increase the use of proper ANC services. | MOTHER S EDUCATION AND ANTENATAL CARE VISITS IN NEPAL Bidhya Shrestha ABSTRACT The proper use of antenatal care ANC visit is the first step to prevent both mother and child health. This is also one of the key components to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The study is an attempt to assess the relation between mother s education and utilization of ANC services in Nepal. It is completely based on data of national representative 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey that covered 2 746 currently married women aged 15-49 years who had at least one child in the last three years preceding the survey. Logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of education on the utilization of ANC services. Results showed that a higher level of maternal education increased the chance of utilizing ANC services than those with little or no education. The importance of maternal education continued even when other socioeconomic factors are taken into account. This indicates that mother s education contribute to increase the use of proper ANC services. Keywords Maternal education antenatal care antenatal visit and NDHS. INTRODUCTION Women and men share many similar health challenges. In some aspect the health of women deserves particular attention. Women generally live longer than men because of both biological and behavioral advantages. Moreover women s longer lives are not necessarily healthy lives. There are conditions that only women experience . pregnancy and childbirth. These are not diseases but biological and social processes that carry health risks and require health care WHO 2009 . Thus care during pregnancy . antenatal care ANC is important for the survival and well-being of both mother and her child. It is the first step to prevent not only the mother but also the child s health Bloom Lippeveld Wypij 1999 . ANC offers pregnant women an entry point to the health care system providing appropriate screening intervention and treatment throughout .

• Sức khỏe phụ nữ
• Mother’s education
• Antenatal care visits in Nepal
• Maternal education
• Antenatal care
• Antenatal visit
• BMC Pediatrics
• Mothers of sick children
• Nurse led education
• Paediatric settings
• Randomised controlled trial
• Smoking husband
• Education level
• Family planning
• Infant mortality
• Reproductive health
• Reproductive health knowledge
• Rural mothers
• Psychosocial stimulation
• Unconditional cash transfer
• Children’s neurocognitive behavior
• Health education
• Rural Bangladesh
• Home based management
• Under five children
• Diarrheal disease
• Public health
• Maternal health
• Energy requirements
• Antenatal care visits