Effects of Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services on Child Spacing: A Study from Eastern Nepal

Authors

  • Ishwari Sharma Paudel School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
  • Rabin Gautam School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v10i4.12973

Keywords:

ANC Services, Birth Interval, Proportional Hazard Model, Contraception, Health Institution, Nepal

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to explore the effect of utilization of Antenatal Care Service on subsequent birth interval.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 517 women giving birth during five years period preceding survey. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to analyze birth interval as a multivariate life table model.

Results: ANC utilization was higher among mothers living in mountain, Indo-Aryan high caste and mothers having more than 10 years of schooling. Regression analysis showed that being Tibeto-Mongoloid caste, mothers with female index child and mother with dead index child had higher risk of having next birth.

Conclusion: There is a strong positive relationship between the utilization of ANC service and less risk of child bearing. (RR=1.873, p = 0.008)

JCMS Nepal 2014; 10(4):22-25

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Published

2015-07-31

How to Cite

Paudel, I. S., & Gautam, R. (2015). Effects of Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services on Child Spacing: A Study from Eastern Nepal. Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 10(4), 22–25. https://doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v10i4.12973

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Original Articles

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