Open AccessInitiation of Antenatal Care and Number of Antenatal Visit among the Pregnant Women of Savar, Dhaka
Author(s) -
Shamima Nasrin Shadia,
Sadia Afrin,
Ken Yoshimura,
Moazzem Hossain
Publication year - 2019
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.47363/jpr/2019(1)104
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics , population , pregnancy , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , biology , genetics
Antenatal care (ANC) is a care given to pregnant women to timely identify and mitigate pregnancy related problems that can harm mother and/or fetus. Most of the Bangladeshi women present late for ANC. This study aims to determine the time of ANC initiation and the number of visit for ANC among pregnant women attending Filaria & General Hospital between January 2016 and December 2018. The study population had adequate knowledge regarding ANC except for pregnant women who had visited minimum number for ANC. Among 1761 study population, 1268 (72%) had registered for ANC, and 493(28%) had not registered. Out of 1268, 651 (51.34%) had their first ANC within the recommended time (before or at three months), and 617(48.66%) started late initiation of their ANC care. Here, 649 (51.18%) of the study population received more than three visits for ANC.