Open AccessDeterminants of utilization of antenatal care services in rural Lucknow, India
Author(s) -
Roy M,
Uday Mohan,
Shivendra Kumar Singh,
Vijay Kumar Singh,
Anand Srivastava
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.109946
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , systematic sampling , prenatal care , population , rural area , environmental health , multistage sampling , health facility , pregnancy , health care , developing country , cross sectional study , family medicine , health services , economic growth , economics , genetics , pathology , biology
Antenatal care services are the first steps towards ensuring the health of mothers and the newborn. This is the key component for achieving Millennium Development Goals by 2015. But India's performance continues to be poor in providing antenatal care services to its huge population, particularly in the rural areas.