Open AccessA COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE AWARENESS REGARDING ANTENATAL DIET AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN AT SELECTED RURAL AND URBAN AREA OF JODHPUR
Author(s) -
Rohit Kumar Chouhan,
Vignesh Suresh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
epra international journal of research and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-7838
DOI - 10.36713/epra7814
Subject(s) - environmental health , medicine , descriptive statistics , micronutrient , nonprobability sampling , rural area , multistage sampling , descriptive research , calorie , population , statistics , mathematics , pathology , endocrinology
Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. It is essential for growth and development, health and wellbeing. Eating a healthy diet contributes to preventing future illness and improving the quality and length of life. Good nutrition means your body gets all the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals it needs to work its best. Plan your meals and snacks to include nutrient-dense foods that are also low in calories.AIM OF THE STUDY: Assess the awareness regarding antenatal diet among pregnant women.METERIAL AND METHOD: A descriptive non-experimental comparative study was carried out to assess the awareness of 100 pregnant women selected by purposive sampling, who were pregnant women in rural & urban area in Jodhpur Rajasthan were assessed by using a structured knowledge questionnaire and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis.RESULT: The finding showed that in rural area majority (64%) of the pregnant women had below-average awareness, while in urban area majority (74%) of the pregnant women had above-average awareness regarding antenatal diet. According to the different aspects of the antenatal diet the awareness score of both rural & urban pregnant women was highest regarding the Micronutrient in diet. However, the majority of the demographic variable of the rural respondents such as age, religion, education status, monthly household, income, type of family, hazardous habits, number of children, source of information were found no significant association with the level of awareness except the number of gravida, where as in urban respondents such as age, religion, education status, monthly household, income, type of family, hazardous habits, number of gravida, number of children, were found no significant association with the level of awareness except the source of information.CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that pregnant women in rural area majority (64%) of the pregnant women had below-average awareness, while in urban area majority (74%) of the pregnant women had above-average awareness regarding antenatal as per current research recommendations. KEY WORDS: Awareness, antenatal diet, pregnant women, rural and urban area